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I think "WB coding is a skill like any other" is exactly the point. It's a skill that does not really apply to the day-to-day work of most programmers though, s
by mreome 7y ago
I think "WB coding is a skill like any other" is exactly the point. It's a skill that does not really apply to the day-to-day work of most programmers though, so using WB coding as a criterion favors those who have the time to hone it, or are recent grads (the exams in many CS courses get quite close to white board programming). It's unclear that it's a direct proxy for age, but it's easy to see that many more senior programmers would have neither the time no recent academic experience to have that particular skill well-practiced.
- notacoward 7y agoI was going to say something similar. If whiteboard coding is a skill distinct from any you'd use after hiring, how useful is it as a filter? To a certain extent it's a sucker filter, selecting for people who are willing to invest time in learning a skill they know is just for show. Older workers tend to resist such things, because they've seen where it leads in other more important circumstances. That itself is valuable knowledge, and whiteboard interviewing selects against it.