Why Every Startup Should Pair Program

If there’s a company out there who knows “software development”, it’s Pivotal Labs. Edward Hieatt and his colleagues at Pivotal come from the agile school of development, and in their client work have noticed many startups begin to experience an erosion of their development culture as they grow in size.  Most of the over 100 companies Pivotal works with every year come to them because they think they just need more development support to ship faster or manage their growth, but more often than not, Hieatt believes the problem is actually related to the broader issue of development culture.  In particular, for early-stage VC-backed founders, the growing pains affect the culture of software development to the point where shipping schedules and innovation are materially impacted – almost bringing companies to a halt.

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