Yes, but you don't write what you expect to be fully functional code on a whiteboard. A whiteboard is good for sharing ideas. Using it to write and assess code

Yes, but you don't write what you expect to be fully functional code on a whiteboard. A whiteboard is good for sharing ideas. Using it to write and assess code is pretty stupid if you step back and think about it. I mean ask yourself this: do you ever use the whiteboard to write code to the extent you expect some poor kid trying to get his first job to do? Hell no, you screen share an IDE or paste code in an email. People used to have to write code on paper (I did this a few times in college ages ago) and that comes from the cost of compiling stuff way back when. Computing time is friggin cheap, that's why no one does it. To expect some new guy to be adept at that ancient practice is silly.