Back in 2019 when I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life, I found myself sitting in a beige, fluorescent-lit conference room on 6th and Market. The man sitting across from me was pitching his new startup that would somehow manage influencers while measuring their online performance, or something. Fifteen minutes into the job interview, I still wasn’t entirely sure what he did for a living. Even more confusing, I didn’t know why I was still trying to convince him to hire me for minimum wage. It all felt so dull and rote — but little did he know that just a few years ago, this same…