Of course I don't know, and I could be making a completely unwarranted connection. And it goes without saying that anyone else's mental health challenges are none of my business in the first place!

But from talking with friends who did work closely with Steve, what I can say for sure is that it seems like a real possibility that working with him could have had a very bad effect on my own mental health.

Maybe I missed an insanely great opportunity.

Maybe I dodged a bullet.

Who really knows? :-)