Reply to post: "writing code" v. solving a problem

You're testing them wrong: Whiteboard coding interviews are 'anti-women psychological stress examinations'

Mike 137 Silver badge

"writing code" v. solving a problem

Being able to code under pressure is not equivalent to (or comparable with) being able to design a robust safe efficient solution to a problem as they demand completely different skill sets. We concentrate vastly too much on the mechanical process of implementation (coding) and far too little on the analytical and synthetic processes of high quality problem solving. Maybe this explains why so much software isn't magnificent.

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