I've always wanted to try pairing in a kind of fun/competitive way where both program at the same time, one does the implementation while the other writes the tests and does their best to make sure the code breaks, kind of like a mini capture the flag. Have never had the chance to try it out though.
That's not how pair programming generally works. Ideally you're still using TDD and discussing code design together as you go. That is at a super high level, at least.
Oh absolutely. I would never suggest it's for everyone, just saying that if you try doing it the way you describe, it's not going to be super effective... but also, who knows!
