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Whiteboard coding is nothing at all like real work. In your real job you never code on a whiteboard with an arbitrarily short timeline, without access to the In
by itamarst 10y ago
Whiteboard coding is nothing at all like real work. In your real job you never code on a whiteboard with an arbitrarily short timeline, without access to the Internet while stressing about getting a job.
It's just a hazing ritual.
- davelnewton 10y agoWhiteboard coding is one way to understand how a person thinks about a problem. Regarding arbitrarily-short deadlines--the only difference is that IRL it wouldn't be on a whiteboard. Deadlines are still arbitrarily short, and people will be watching you work. I've never asked someone to code on a whiteboard (I tend towards paper anyway) as anything remotely approaching hazing, which is specifically designed to humiliate, demean, or over-stress.