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Look into beta blockers. Also used by stage performers for similar reasons. https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/generalized-anxiety-disorder/propranolol-for-anxi

• wildrhythms 4y ago
  Or maybe the hiring process is broken beyond repair when engineers who are perfectly qualified need to inhibit parts of their brain just to 'perform' at an artificially inflated level.
  • UncleOxidant 4y ago
    This right here. If there are more and more of us who do just fine in an actual engineering job but need beta-blockers or other anxiolytics just to make it through an intense set of interviews maybe something's broken with the hiring process?
    • mattgreenrocks 4y ago
      And yet it persists, unfortunately. The amount of signal gleaned from these is very low, and they’re still super common. Kind of says something about the amount of cultural sway technologists actually have.
      • epicureanideal 4y ago
        Exactly. If there were ever truly a tech talent shortage it wouldn’t be this way.
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