1- ## How to be a Great Typist / Driver
1+ ## How to act as a typist
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33### Be reactive.
44If you don't get any commands, do nothing - just listen.
55Move your hands away from mouse and keyboard.
66Meditate to the blinking of your cursor.
77Cherish this moment.
8- Fight the urge to "help" them by joining in the discussion, or even worse, doing stuff proactively.
8+ Fight the urge to "help" the * rest of the team * by joining in the discussion, or even worse, doing stuff proactively.
99If you really want to join the discussion, trigger a handover to the next typist.
1010
1111### Be patient.
@@ -14,21 +14,26 @@ You can ask "what should I do next?" in those cases, but it's probably better to
1414You will get commands at some point afterall.
1515
1616### Be slow.
17- Slow down, so everybody in the rest of the team can follow what you are doing.
17+ Slow down, so everybody in the * rest of the team* can follow what you are doing.
1818This includes moving your mouse cursor, changing windows, switching tabs, or pressing keyboard shortcuts.
1919Make it easy to follow what and how you are doing things.
2020
2121### Be calm.
22- Resist pressure from the rest of your team.
22+ Resist pressure from the * rest of your team* .
2323Stay calm even in then.
2424Tell them to slow down with their commands.
2525Tell them to give you space and freedom to act and breath.
2626
2727### Be private.
2828Disable any notifications.
29- The rest of the team doesn't want to get a sneak preview of your instant messages or emails.
29+ The * rest of the team* doesn't want to get a sneak preview of your instant messages or emails.
3030
31- ## How to be a Great Person in the Rest of the Team / Navigator
31+ ## How to act in the rest of the team
32+
33+ ### Be intentional.
34+ Communicate the intent.
35+ Be clear about the why to the typist.
36+ A smart typist with system knowledge might already start implementing just with the why.
3237
3338### Be concise of location.
3439Communicate location using absolutes like file names, class names, or line numbers.
@@ -38,7 +43,4 @@ Avoid relative location like "move a little bit more up; no, that was too far, g
3843It's not what you say, but how you say it.
3944So say "Can you go to line 45, please?".
4045
41- ### Be intentional.
42- Communicate the intent.
43- Be clear about the why to the typist.
44- A smart typist with system knowledge might already start implementing just with the why.
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