Exactly this. And I did mean equal skill when i said “more than 2x” implying that you get more done together than if you were separate.

One interesting thing is skill levels aren’t really comparable or equatable. I find pairing is productive where skills only partially overlap, meaning the authority on parts of implementation flows between participants, depending on the area you’re in.

I have some examples where I recently paired with a colleague for about 2-3 weeks nearly every day. i’m confident that what took us a month would be near impossible just working on our own