Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, after reading my grandparent post, I realized that it does come off a little bit hostile. I apologize if i

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, after reading my grandparent post, I realized that it does come off a little bit hostile. I apologize if it appeared that way to you, it was not my intent. I am really passionate about this subject, because I was one of the worst offenders with testing people and was taught how to not do it and still be able to identify quality candidates. I can tend to get exited about the subject because it was such a wow moment when the revelation struck me. More specific to your answers I understand your position, and I truly believe that you use it in this manner, the problem I have is that for every one of you there are 20 of the former me's who get so wound up in code tricks and trivia that we create unfair and useless interview filters. As such there is a perception among developers about code test, and that perception can be summed up that I am going to be tested on what the company thinks I should know, not what I know. For some of us, this creates a horrible and humiliating interview experience. In which a developer stands in front of a whiteboard analyzing their every move. No matter how much someone reassures them, they still have everything but logic running through their mind. It only takes one interviewer with an ego to permanently affect a developer in this manner and no amount of reassurance from a person they just met will help someone believe that their every move is not being judged. Many people with Asperger syndrome fail tech interviews horribly but a good deal of them turn out to be wonderful developers. My best friend is affected by it, and I know from experience that he would never land a job if it where not for me. In spite of that, he is always the star developer at every organization that I bring him into. Now if someone sat him down and said, show me something you built and walk me through a routine, like the article suggest, they would be fascinated by his depth of knowledge.