Timeline for Please tell me I'm not alone (can't program on paper) [duplicate]
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| Apr 22, 2015 at 16:54 | comment | added | Dunk | I can "almost" relate to not needing pencil and paper for software development but I can't see how you wouldn't at least replace that with something like a whiteboard. While most problems can certainly be solved using tools on a computer, occasionally I need to to "write" what I know on the whiteboard, sit back and stare (sometimes for quite a while) until the solution reveals itself. There's something about actually writing something down that makes a stronger connection to the mind than typing or drawing on a computer. But that could just be me. | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 9:46 | comment | added | RemcoGerlich | What was the exact problem with writing down the solution with pen and paper? As you probably know now after making them in an editor, they're only a few lines. How come you weren't able to do that on paper? | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 9:29 | history | edited | yannis |
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| May 8, 2013 at 17:37 | comment | added | Marjan Venema | Good on you! Practice makes perfect. Try and get into more interviews. I used to make a habit of applying and interviewing even when I was pretty happy where I was. I did pick only jobs I was genuinely interested in, because I didn't want to waste anybody's time. Being happy where I was meant there wasn't too much pressure to get everything right to get the job, so I could be more relaxed (and do better as a result) and if I did bodge an interview I could chalk it up to "experience gained". | |
| May 8, 2013 at 15:40 | comment | added | JayPea | @MarjanVenema I did try to explain but I'm not sure that I did a good job at that either. At that point I felt really embarrassed and pretty much just wanted to leave. Anyway, I guess it'll be a useful lesson, my last interview before that was about 6 years ago. | |
| May 4, 2013 at 23:20 | history | closed |
user40980 gnat Bart van Ingen Schenau Jim G. Martijn Pieters |
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| May 4, 2013 at 9:58 | comment | added | Marjan Venema | Did you tell them how you felt doing the test? That you knew what was wrong, but couldn't think of the fix because the situation they put you in (graphite marks on paper) made you extremely nervous (something which tends to feed on itself). I participate in job interviews as an interviewer and evaluate candidates' test results. When someone bodges a test or does less well than expected, knowing what was going on with that person helps to assess how that would affect performance given that we know a lot more about they day to day goings on. | |
| May 4, 2013 at 5:05 | answer | added | leed25d | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 4, 2013 at 2:39 | comment | added | JayPea | @Jubbat it seems that I suck at comedy as much as I do at answering paper tests. I just realized that this site's theme is a paper with scribbles, so it appears that I am alone in this after all. | |
| May 4, 2013 at 1:40 | answer | added | fido9dido | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 4, 2013 at 1:07 | comment | added | DPM | pencil and paper, primitive devices that nobody uses anymore? you seem to have some "interesting" views | |
| May 3, 2013 at 23:39 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 3, 2013 at 23:37 | comment | added | gnat | duplicate of Engineering interview candidate refuses to use whiteboard and of Is “White-Board-Coding” inappropriate during interviews? | |
| May 3, 2013 at 23:34 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 3, 2013 at 23:29 | comment | added | Robbie Dee | @MichaelT A whiteboard exercise and pseudo coding a function are two entirely different things... | |
| May 3, 2013 at 23:28 | answer | added | Robbie Dee | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 3, 2013 at 23:15 | history | asked | JayPea | CC BY-SA 3.0 |