Comment on “I wrote FAT on an airplane, for heaven's sake”parentComments−jussij12yPen and paper works just fine on a plane and I'm old enough to know that back in those days lots of coding was done that way.At one work place, I spent most of the day away from the computer (terminal) waiting for the operational boys to get their stuff done.I would spend most of my coding day scribbling out code changes onto the fanfold printout.−derekp712yAnd today quite a few people complain about having to code on a whiteboard while at a job interview. How times have changed.−iSnow12yFor a lot of people, writing on a whiteboard with 4 prospective employers breathing down their neck is totally different than sitting on a plane or in a quiet corner alone with some paper to write on.
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Pen and paper works just fine on a plane and I'm old enough to know that back in those days lots of coding was done that way.
At one work place, I spent most of the day away from the computer (terminal) waiting for the operational boys to get their stuff done.
I would spend most of my coding day scribbling out code changes onto the fanfold printout.
And today quite a few people complain about having to code on a whiteboard while at a job interview. How times have changed.
For a lot of people, writing on a whiteboard with 4 prospective employers breathing down their neck is totally different than sitting on a plane or in a quiet corner alone with some paper to write on.