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Also another reason for having a single tool for a whole team: I can go to my coworkers desk for pair programming and have the same setup. I know the shortcuts, everyone has the same "run configurations" (start app, remote debug etc.), starting gradle tasks from UI, git comment style.

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Counterpoint: when you go to a coworker’s desk you shouldn’t be touching the keyboard or the mouse otherwise they are just watching you do their work. You should have them come to your desk if you want to be the one running the show. Everyone can have their own environment and they translate what you say to their own methods and it helps them learn.

This isn’t an episode of NCIS.

If they ask me for help, why should I not give a quick example?

On some hard tasks we sometimes switch to codes.

Must be a cultural thing, I never heard about not touching a coworkers keyboard when working together.

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