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Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
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Re: Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
#2Chemistry has whiteboarding, but instead of writing algorithms or code, you're expected to be able to draw structures, reactions, and synthesis. It's also similar in that this is not necessarily a core part of most chemists everyday job, but something you study for to be able to interview or give presentations regarding your research.
Re: Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
#3I kind of wonder whether forestry engineering has it? as mgberlin says chemistry makes sense, process engineering also seems like it would make sense.
But i /feel/ that larger scale (civil, etc) would not? I mean i kind of imagine civil, forestry, etc would be more portfolio driven?
Re: Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
#4Whiteboarding in the design sense, or interview sense?
Re: Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
#5I kind of wonder whether forestry engineering has it? as mgberlin says chemistry makes sense, process engineering also seems like it would make sense. But i /feel/ that larger scale (civil, etc) would not? I mean i kind of imagine civil, forestry, etc would be more portfolio driven?
I think some of the physical engineering disciplines are at least partially gate-kept and signal applicant value through membership to professional organizations and certifications (FE & PE exams, etc.)
Re: Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
#6Chemistry has whiteboarding, but instead of writing algorithms or code, you're expected to be able to draw structures, reactions, and synthesis. It's also similar in that this is not necessarily a core part of most chemists everyday job, but something you study for to be able to interview or give presentations regarding your research.
It's been almost a decade since I worked in an organic synthesis lab, but when I did we stuck with chalk, instead of the more "modern" whiteboards. There's not much an accidental organic solvent spill will do to slate and sticks of calcium carbonate. Acrylic paint and dry erase markers, on the other hand...
Re: Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
#7Yes. In my recent Electrical Engineering interview, I didn't literally whiteboard but we did go over some simple problems that a person at my point in college should know.
Re: Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
#8I haven't experienced it, but I've only had a couple interviews/jobs as an electrical engineer before switching to software, where they happen almost every time.
I think it's a sign that universities are failing to be trusted as credentialing institutions. You should be able to verify a degree and conclude from that the person learned the material.
I guess this is why the professional engineering exams exist.
Re: Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
#9I had whiteboarding with aeronatuical engineering. Had to draw out pressure velocity graphs along a turbofan engine and describe exactly what happened every step of the way and why it happened,
Re: Ask HN: Do other fields of engineering have an equivalent to whiteboarding?
#10As an EE, never beyond systems layouts, but it was to guide a discussion...not a test