Code with the Wisdom of the Crowd

Chapter 3People and Mobbing

As you do more mobbing, you’ll come to realize that mobbing isn’t just about the code, it’s also about the people. In 2017, through a Mob Programming Community survey,^[23] I asked others about the challenges they’ve experienced with mobbing. Not too long into things, I noticed a pattern emerge in their responses:

• “Getting along. If you can solve the interpersonal issues, then software just flows.”—Chris

• “The culture in the team and in the company must encourage feeling safe to express emotions and opinions.”—Andrea

• “Some may be too stuck on their own ways to be open to other’s ideas.”—Jon

• “If a team already has personality issues, then implementing Mob Programming will be difficult.”—Natasha

• “You have to accept ...