for me it's not really anxiety. in a way it's similar to what you describe. for me for example it's similar things others consider impressive, i consider so tr

for me it's not really anxiety. in a way it's similar to what you describe. for me for example it's similar things others consider impressive, i consider so trivial that when i was asked that question the last time. i just looked at them and said i dunno. there was a name for this that i can't remember, but it had something to do with underselling yourself. another problem i noticed is that i think a bunch of problem solution, and scalability pairs in my head after getting asked an interview question. the guy who's looking at me doesn't know what's going on in my head the only thing he sees is some dude staring in the room. i heard that this is actually very common. a friend of mine at facebook advised me to actually speak out what i'm thinking, as i try to solve the problem, but to me it almost seemed like i would insult the guy by saying a solution i know only works in certain corner cases. in summary it's very rare that people don't get a really good impression of me after having worked with me. but exactly that is the problem. in open source you can work with anyone, but in the job world you might never even get the chance to.