I have once again had an anxiety attack in the middle of a coding interview for a company which was otherwise "very impressed" with my CV and seemed eager to give me an offer.
If the job is coding against a timer with someone staring at every keystroke I make, then yes, don't hire me. I'd be trash at it.
@cahollenbeck there is a story about someone assuming the philosopher Hilary Putnam (arguably the only philosopher to be involved in the solution of one of Hilbert’s problems!) was a mathematics major, to which he said something of the form “oh god no, mathematics isn’t a race, you can’t do mathematics under time pressure - I found the idea of mathematics exams repugnant”
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