The article dives into some of Dean and Ghemawat’s successes at Google but focuses on their deep and collaborative friendship — particularly exploring the power of programming with a partner. “I don’t know why more people don’t do it,” Ghemawat explains. As Dean points out, all you need to do is “find someone that you’re gonna pair-program with who’s compatible with your way of thinking, so that the two of you together are a complementary force.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/the-friendship-that-made-google-huge