Umm, polite sarcasm, anyone? The fact of the matter is, the hypothesis that "whiteboard skills == mondo real life developer skillz" is pretty much an unspoken,

Umm, polite sarcasm, anyone? The fact of the matter is, the hypothesis that "whiteboard skills == mondo real life developer skillz" is pretty much an unspoken, and utterly unquestioned article of faith out in vast stretches of startupland.