[746F7475]

Meh, if you can't even handle a tiny whiteboard situation how are you going to handle any deadline pressure? It's not about knowing the right answer off the top of your head, it's more about how you work and approach the problem.

Sure some bad companies expect you to be able to write something very specific on the spot, but thous are pretty rare imo.

[SomeStupidPoint]

In what way do you think whiteboards are like deadlines? I honestly don't understand this line of thinking.

It's not about "pressure", it's about the fact I'm an introvert and do poorly at composing while speaking. My brain requires time to focus inward to formulate complex thoughts, and interrupting any time I pause narrating doesn't give me that time to think.

I've literally never had it be an issue in my career, because deadlines happen on the order of days to months and in real life conversations it's acceptable to pause talking for 5 minutes. (Heck, in real life, it would be rude to talk the way you do during an interview, because it wouldn't give the other person a chance to share their thoughts about the problem.)

[746F7475]

>My brain requires time to focus inward to formulate complex thoughts, and interrupting any time I pause narrating doesn't give me that time to think.

So basically what you are saying is that you are some kind of snowflake that requires it's own room to concentrate and be productive and you can't even think while doodling on a whiteboard.

In my books that counts against you, that doesn't mean you are straight out, but it definitely makes you a liability to some degree.

[SomeStupidPoint]

Not even remotely.

What I said is that I share a trait with about 25% of the population, more in software, where I can't do my best composing if I'm narrating at the same time. By "time", I mean 30-120 seconds without having to speak.

In actual development that doesn't matter: pauses to compose an answer are fine in conversations and most work time is individual anyway (even in open offices).

I do note, however, you didn't actually answer my question: in what way is whiteboarding like real work deadlines?

[746F7475]

>in what way is whiteboarding like real work deadlines?

hurdur, what is stress, I dunno. Why is everyone on this site suffering from autism?

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