>My brain requires time to focus inward to formulate complex thoughts, and interrupting any time I pause narrating doesn't give me that time to think.
So basically what you are saying is that you are some kind of snowflake that requires it's own room to concentrate and be productive and you can't even think while doodling on a whiteboard.
In my books that counts against you, that doesn't mean you are straight out, but it definitely makes you a liability to some degree.
What I said is that I share a trait with about 25% of the population, more in software, where I can't do my best composing if I'm narrating at the same time. By "time", I mean 30-120 seconds without having to speak.
In actual development that doesn't matter: pauses to compose an answer are fine in conversations and most work time is individual anyway (even in open offices).
I do note, however, you didn't actually answer my question: in what way is whiteboarding like real work deadlines?
So basically what you are saying is that you are some kind of snowflake that requires it's own room to concentrate and be productive and you can't even think while doodling on a whiteboard.
In my books that counts against you, that doesn't mean you are straight out, but it definitely makes you a liability to some degree.