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It kills me that "whiteboarding" has become shorthand for "bad developer interview technique". Meanwhile I'm over here whiteboarding my ass off as a communicat
by cagenut 10y ago
It kills me that "whiteboarding" has become shorthand for "bad developer interview technique". Meanwhile I'm over here whiteboarding my ass off as a communication tool for complex systems where its much more effective to walk someone through it as you draw it than to present pre-made slides. I love whiteboarding.
- yulaow 10y agoWhiteboarding or any way of writing notes/diagrams on paper or on any sharable medium is an extremly good communication tool, no one would say otherwise. Said that, it is ALSO a very bad developer interview technique. Think if anytime you use it to communicate with a team coworker you had to feel like "I must make this good in these next 20minutes or I am getting fired" (with the bonus of not knowing what the whiteboarding will be about) and this is how feels a potential candidate when doing these types of interviews
- EduardoBautista 10y agoBeing able to work under pressure is also a skill.
- animex 10y agoI think the OP is talking about coding on a whiteboard. Not solving problems at a higher level or conceptually which is perfectly fine. I love using a whiteboard too for collaborative spit-balling.