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by at-fates-hands 2971 days ago
In most cases, you really don't need to know most of these. Depending on where you're working, most places have s dedicated team for networking, they have a whole teams dedicated to working on Linux servers, they have whole teams who only do database stuff.

For me, these are more "nice to have" skills than anything that will make you stand out. You should know how HTTP works, you should know how to use GIT. If you doing any modern web development, you should already completely familiar with the command line.

Most of the time when you talk with recruiters or hiring managers, they're looking for more of a "culture fit" which translate to developers with soft skills and a decent personality. A company can always mold a developer to how they do things and the tools they use, but it's a lot harder to change a shitty personality.

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>In most cases, you really don't need to know most of these.

Do realize, the days of throwing your code over the wall and letting those teams deal with the underlying pieces are over

I agree the article is a bit of a laundry list but job search success is not about culture fit; technical screens and technical interviews are ubiquitous and critical.