I'll always remember as a first-year CS undergrad our professor came into class one day and told us about how he just came out of an interview with this recentl

I'll always remember as a first-year CS undergrad our professor came into class one day and told us about how he just came out of an interview with this recently minted Phd for an associate professor position. The candidate's demo just totally crashed and burned and he was a wreck for the rest of the interview. Since then I've developed a fundamental fear of live demos. Rarely is the cost/benefit worth it over a pre-recorded demo.