> Some companies genuinely care about this. Some even mention it in their job descriptions. They want candidates who perform well under pressure.

Who are these self-important employers?? I mean, outside of Ops and live incident response, are there really that many software engineer roles that require someone to perform well under pressure? It seems a false and egotistic narrative. If you need a software builder to perform under pressure then you've got systemic issues of a type not solved with software. You need better management or better work practices.