I'm amazed no one else has actually admitted to the key that actually gets used the most. Backspace. I use it at least three times in every sentence or line of code!!! :) If you don't need to backspace every now and then you are just not coding fast enough! It's like trying to ski. If you don't fall over you're not really having fun!

I'm disappointed so many people are anti-collaboration. I've been coding for 20 years and the most productive, enjoyable projects have been where there has been good collaboration. I've been reading a fair bit about XP techniques like pair programming and scrum. They sound really cool to me. I'm using some agile techniques but i'd love to try working in a true Agile/XP environment. After reading this thread I'm wondering if that's such a good idea. Actually that's a lie. I refuse to believe all the pessimists. I'll give it a go anyway! :)