I have two thoughts on this. First, no single job rejection is worth agonizing over. Would someone reach self actualization just by working at Place X? Maybe, m

I have two thoughts on this. First, no single job rejection is worth agonizing over. Would someone reach self actualization just by working at Place X? Maybe, maybe not. Second, I empathize with Max Howell's lack of formal CS education. I studied electrical engineering and a bit of software engineering. I attended a top 10 engineering university in the USA, but learning stuff like the nitty gritty of sorting is not part of the EE curriculum.