[jrjarrett]

Otherwise, in what possible high-pressure situation will you ever be expected to solve an obscure data structures problem on a whiteboard. With no syntax checking or debugger. In front of three scrutinizing neck-beards. Answer: Never.

THIS. ALL OF THIS.

I recently had a technical interview where I was asked to write some Java code that printed out every 7th number. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to do it. And I've been a software engineer for 25 years.

I realized later that it was because I was nervous about how I could present myself in this once chance, and that made all the rest of it difficult.