&gt; you&#x27;d be surprised how many people look decent on paper but somehow can&#x27;t write a line of code without some serious hand-holding<p>I think a lot of this may have to do with nerves. Writing code on a whiteboard when given an arbitrary question is very different than writing code in a comfortable context and environment. I think it&#x27;s safe to say that a decent percentage of people in our field let nerves affect their ability to write quality code at the same level they normally do.