[lukaslalinsky]

I think you are not really a minority. Most programmers I know work like that. I realized that this is why I can't really do job interviews. Not only are the problems there not real, so I don't care that much about solving them, the expected way of solving them is very unnatural for me. I'm more than happy to explain the problem in great detail to anybody after its solved, but explaining the things as I go usually does not lead anywhere.