Operational experience is the real prize

Perhaps, but I’ve found that HR likes paper tigers. LOL Not discounting anyone’s hard work at all. I do learn from others more knowledgeable than I. I’ve had a computer of some sort in front of me since the mid 70s with the Altair. Don’t mistake longevity with knowledge tho. What little I do know came from reading, doing, screwing it up, rinse, repeat ad nauseam until success, and then write that shit down because it will come up again more than likely.