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[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 hours ago

A lot of it is vaguely described. I could probably apply and argue I meet all of these as it depends on what level of experience they really want.

Communication skills - whatever, many jobs asks for this.

Data migration and APIs - HR don't know what an API is but I have setup software that uses them and I can copy data from a server easily with rsync.

SQL - I passed a SQL test in an interview despite having never used or seen it. Only had some HTML, CSS and bash from a few home projects. Now used SQL a fair bit.

Cloud - yep, used GCP to run a factorio server when I didn't have Ethernet for a stable connection to run a server

Train staff - generic, sure.

Deploy security solutions - yeah I can probably install an antivirus.

Software/hardware/user issues - I worked in a computer repair shop, got that coveted.

But 100k USD isn't enough of an improvement over 29k GBP. I'll stay here thanks.