happens to me all the time. i apply to some place and dont hear till like 3 months in my new job.
i'll leave my job if they offer more money otherwise they wasting my time.
worst experience? not sure i used to fix everyones computer viruses all the time and the worst part about those were that they were old computers. all were pentiums 4 which always made them such a pain just to do anything with. but the fixes became easy. the real bad ones i just reformatted the hard drives. had a few where the virus survived reformatting.
most my skills are tied to like electronics and crap.
not even expert level things but just some basic level stuff.
also retro video game player witt above average skills.
good at troubleshooting
oh and expert childrens card game player
i was also born in the 80s but was able to get a pc by helping one of my moms friends move. i had the older tv as well since my family got a bigger tv and i got it for video games lol.