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A barista would be making coffees as part of their job. Not sure how many programmers code on whiteboards in stressful situations on a daily basis.
by adamors 10y ago
A barista would be making coffees as part of their job. Not sure how many programmers code on whiteboards in stressful situations on a daily basis.
- taneq 10y agoMaybe not often white boards specifically (although I've done that too) but does no-one else do pair programming? Code reviews? Emergency group debug sessions to fix a blocking bug? There are many situations which absolutely do require you to be able to perform on the spot and under pressure.
- adamors 10y agoI have done all of those, but by that time I was aquatinted with the people I work with. During an interview you're stressed by strangers and the interview itself. For instance, I interviewed people who froze up simply by being on an interview, putting them in front of a whiteboard would have been torture.