[throwawaymath]

> I guarantee that 80% of working "rockstar coders" will fail (but not before whining, crankily, about how unfair it is that you would actually make them do such a useless thing, since, y'know...never actually documents anything IRL, dude).

Are you sure you're not just replacing one stereotype with another here? Do you think it's fair to say that 80% of people who do well at whiteboard coding value documenting their software so little that they'd be fail at it while disparaging the concept?

[sidlls]

I think that was hyperbole for emphasis, not a strong generalization as you imply. I've met and worked with plenty of programers up and down the scale of ability who think "code is self documenting."