There's another aspect that I can speak to personally. My career never really got off the ground. For most companies I'd get through all of the technical phone

There's another aspect that I can speak to personally. My career never really got off the ground. For most companies I'd get through all of the technical phone interviews just fine and after the in-person interviews it was always a rejection. Coupled with my deteriorating financial situation that lead to a lot of depression and massive amounts of self-doubt. To this day I still doubt my abilities quite heavily. Friends and coworkers say I'm smart and talented and whatever, but quite frankly I don't believe them. These interviews can be soul crushing to people with my type of personality.