What are the skills that people are really looking for?

Business sense. Responsibility. Good judgement.

I care little how many modules you know - if you can't read a manual page and figure out how to use a module, you're too junior. But what I do care about is that you can understand how our business works, and how we make the money that pays your salary. You need to be able to understand what the business (be it the customers, or other departments) wants. You need to be able to make decisions when it's better to code a quick solution that just does one thing, and when you need to code "for the future".

What you shouldn't have is misplaced pride. The code you write may be thrown away a week after putting it live. Or be seriously mangled by the next coder.

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