> If that's the case [...], shouldn't retaining that skill be the priority for anyone who has already acquired it? Indeed I believe that, but in my experience

> If that's the case [...], shouldn't retaining that skill be the priority for anyone who has already acquired it? Indeed I believe that, but in my experience these skills get more and more useless in the job market. In other words: retaining such (e.g. low-level coding) skills is an intensively practises hobby of such people that is (currently) of "no use" in the job market.