Anecdotal share here. I know very few hiring managers that expect candidates to fit 100%, heck 80% even, of a posting. Those that do aren’t ones I would ever want to work for.

I look for 3 things. And that’s not a hard and fast rule or anything. Aptitude, motivation and culture fit. I also look to my peers and larger team for their thoughts along these points.

People (pleasantly) surprise you. My last best hire (I moved to away from direct line management in my new gig) was working at their local Walmart for a year after a tough layoff from a pre sales role. I thought I would get more push back but everyone including my then boss, were like yeah! They just needs another opportunity.

And for what it’s worth, they were a great culture fit and figured the rest out along the way.

Good faith response here so pardon me if it’s a swoosh moment. One of my devices is a fairly recent Mac. And it has a headphone jack. Which I appreciate greatly.

Okay really weird. I drive a Subaru and I do use a Debian VM.

CS major. Do not code. Forgot all of it. Ironically ended up back in software tech somehow. Still no coding though.

You are in Sam Gold’s world. Eventually social media will be no different than not using credit cards, being part of a grid, census (intermittent camps were established based on census data, so I’m not hyperbolizing here), yada yada yada.

How to get out of it? Everyone who tries has their own gives and gets. Good luck to you, friend!