It depends. If you're talking about whiteboarding code, I only have to do that once a year or so, usually because I'm in a meeting and want to demonstrate what

It depends. If you're talking about whiteboarding code, I only have to do that once a year or so, usually because I'm in a meeting and want to demonstrate what I mean and code is easier. If you're talking about whiteboarding a design, I do that much more frequently. I prefer a pair programming exercise in this case, but I've reverted to whiteboard in cases where there were technical issues. It's not my favorite but neither is trying to do it in a text editor without support. I see nothing wrong in having to show a high level design of a system as a senior engineer, because we are asked to do that quite often.