The tech skills gap is such astounding bullshit. “it’s hard to find trained people” means “we don’t want to train anyone.” Everyone thinks that training should come from all employers except them, because of their extremely unique org structure and margins and tech stack bla bla
If you do happen to stumble into a company and bluff your way into learning new tech skills, the company will take pride in your progress, while rejecting candidates because of their similar background