wbd-whiteboard-foundations

What problem does it solve? New engineers freeze at the whiteboard because they never practiced the physical basics: drawing consistent shapes, writing legible labels, and laying out diagrams under time pressure. This Skill builds that muscle memory before any specific diagram type is taught. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Five-shape drills: Structured repetition of rectangles, rounded rectangles, cylinders, diamonds, and arrows until each takes under 3 seconds to draw consistently. - Legibility and layout rules: Enforces the back-of-the-room readability test, left-to-right flow for processes, top-down hierarchy for systems, and leaving room before starting. - Timed practice run: A 5-minute recorded exercise where the learner explains a real system while drawing, with a self-scoring checklist. - Use Case: A learner preparing for technical interviews or architecture discussions uses this project to stop apologizing for their drawings and confidently sketch an order-placement flow while narrating it to a peer. ## Quick Start Ask the mentor to start the whiteboard foundations project and guide you through the five-shape drawing drill. ## Quick Start Tell the mentor you want to begin whiteboarding project one and practice drawing the five core shapes.