Almost a decade ago I walked into an interview with a music tech company I had known forever, while coming down off of a 3 day weekend rolling molly (mdma) with

Almost a decade ago I walked into an interview with a music tech company I had known forever, while coming down off of a 3 day weekend rolling molly (mdma) with some girl I’d met while playing a gig whose name I never knew. I probably should have put it off, but the tech stack was exactly my expertise and I knew they were using some tools I had developed. I aced the first two interviews. Then the 20 year old kid came in and asked me to code the two glass ball challenge. I was a bit insulted, no big deal, right? Wrong. Instantly I had the worst panic attack of my life. I just looked at the guy, started sweating and walked out of the room. My bike was in the hallway and I had to get out of there so fast I literally road it down the hall, down the stairs and out the door without dismounting. I can still hear his freaked out, apologetic voice timidly saying “I’m so sorry, did i do something wrong?”