Also, interviewing itself is a skill Agree so much with this, it took a lot of time for me personally to realize the 'art' (so to speak) of the interview and w

Also, interviewing itself is a skill Agree so much with this, it took a lot of time for me personally to realize the 'art' (so to speak) of the interview and when that happened a lot of the stress vanished, I learned how to have conversations and not just rattle off answers to questions as if I were writing an exam essay. That was a big mental shift for me in my career, it has paid off immensely and it's a piece of advice I will always share for others looking for better outcomes in the job hunt. Supplemental to interviewing as well is learning to negotiate effectively and strategically, this is ultimately your career and you have as much say in where it goes as the companies that employ you. They want maximum value and output from you as an employee, it only makes sense that the early conversations properly set expectations that you want the company to return on that output (via compensation, benefits and all that good stuff) commensurately.