I'm an agile coach and my clients won't stop talking about this.
Here's the deal, some 70%+ of developers are introverts. Mobbing can be great for fixing a bug or mentoring more than one person at a time but mobbing is not how you should expect your devs to work all day every day. This is probably not lost on fellow HN'ers but OMG the cargo culting amongst managers. Do not let them see this article.
Lastly, watch this time lapse video of a team mobbing and pay attention to the body language. Who is plugged in, who is checked out, who is talking the most? I think this says it all. https://youtu.be/p_pvslS4gEI
Here's the deal, some 70%+ of developers are introverts. Mobbing can be great for fixing a bug or mentoring more than one person at a time but mobbing is not how you should expect your devs to work all day every day. This is probably not lost on fellow HN'ers but OMG the cargo culting amongst managers. Do not let them see this article.
Lastly, watch this time lapse video of a team mobbing and pay attention to the body language. Who is plugged in, who is checked out, who is talking the most? I think this says it all. https://youtu.be/p_pvslS4gEI