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Well, part of my point is that the whiteboard isn't really the issue, it's just the most egregious aspect of the situation. You say if you're in person, pair p
by serve_yay 11y ago
Well, part of my point is that the whiteboard isn't really the issue, it's just the most egregious aspect of the situation.
You say if you're in person, pair program. But where, on what computer, doing what, in what editor, etc? All these things plus the inherent pressure of the situation make the experience unpleasant enough, and the results unreliable enough, that you just shouldn't do it in my opinion.
- crucini 11y agoI take your point, but I have been interviewed with the "pair programming" concept and found it much easier. It also tells the interviewer how you really interact with a computer. I find the whiteboard stressful. I'm tempted to use short variable and function names to save writing. I can't easily insert more lines of code. The code tends to get cramped and illegible. In a text editor I'm more likely to make huge changes as the concept evolves. A significant proportion of good programmers use vi or emacs. I realize there are outliers who just have to have Sublime Text set up the right way.