Ok, fine. I was gonna just highlight this and move on but you stuck that piece of guilt in my brain with one of your points about effort on the application that screamed, “Why are you doing the bare minimum by just highlighting stuff? Tell the writer WHY that tickled you, you lazy bum!”

When your pre-coffee head yells at you, probably best to listen.

Fine.

I’m an English Major who wanted to teach and write but I had bills so I went into corporate training and later learned to code out of sheer desperation and fear of starvation. Every step of the way, I have used my ability to write to my competitive advantage to the consternation of coders who are far better than me. I can’t whiteboard a piece of code to solve a problem but I can take it away and solve it at 3am AND I can write a procedure manual so the next guy can take over from me and extend the code without having to start from scratch. Clear, durable documentation has value for an employer. Writing has always been a more versatile skill than just being able to bang out code.

I also have HR experience who knows these whiteboard interviews are not effective. They are just something some idiot techbros dreamed up because they suffered from so much hubris they thought hiring a real HR person with recruiting skills was a waste of money.

I could go on but my words probably done pissed of some techbros who will probably highlight that phrase and write some long screed about “not all techbros.” I can’t wait to read it!

I forgot what I was writing about but do know my brain is now screaming, “COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE!”

I best listen to that.