Yeah I was in a similar position with a lot of code work from a startup that crashed (wasn't the founder, but 1st technical team member, and the founder ended u

Yeah I was in a similar position with a lot of code work from a startup that crashed (wasn't the founder, but 1st technical team member, and the founder ended up being useless as a reference) that people refused to look at. One thing I unfortunately take from that period is a bitterness toward people who complain about whiteboard interviews, because I was never even given a chance to do coding problems. I understand that many of the complaints are rational (especially when the interview skills are totally misaligned from the on-the-job skills), but since I was stuck before that phase, I'd emotionally rather have less early filtering and more code-based interviews. If I actually came into a position of hiring power, I'd take time to reevaluate and separate myself from the question, but that's the instinctual response my history has brought me to.