Fwiw I think the emphasis on the ability to write code instead of ability to read and understand it has been given disproportionate importance when the reality

Fwiw I think the emphasis on the ability to write code instead of ability to read and understand it has been given disproportionate importance when the reality is that we spend a lot of time (perhaps even more time) reading rather that than writing. I blogged about this at length here: http://lonetwin.github.io/blog/html/2016/07/01/code_reviews_instead_of_whiteboard_for_interviews.html http://lonetwin.github.io/blog/html/2016/07/01/code_reviews_...