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Rate your skills, pick a target employer profile, and get a directional alignment score plus portfolio projects that close real field gaps. Results stay in a shareable URL.

Alignment score

33%

Directional fit vs OpenAI Applied / FDE. Close gaps with portfolio projects below — not by claiming tools you have not shipped.

Core

  • Python / FastAPI-style services

    Target importance: Expert

  • TypeScript / web apps

    Target importance: Solid

  • SQL + warehouse literacy

    Target importance: Solid

Enterprise

  • OAuth / SAML / enterprise SSO

    Target importance: Solid

  • Cloud IAM & least privilege

    Target importance: Solid

  • VPC / private endpoints / egress

    Target importance: Solid

Platform

  • Docker / containers

    Target importance: Solid

  • Kubernetes basics

    Target importance: Familiar

GenAI

  • Vector DB / embeddings pipelines

    Target importance: Expert

  • RAG diagnosis (retrieval vs gen)

    Target importance: Expert

  • Tool-calling agents + human gates

    Target importance: Expert

  • Eval harnesses & promotion gates

    Target importance: Expert

Defense

  • Air-gapped / restricted networks

    Low priority for this profile

  • Clearance / controlled data habits

    Low priority for this profile

Field

  • Client discovery / scope defense

    Target importance: Expert

Critical gaps

  • Python / FastAPI-style services — have Familiar, need ~Expert
  • Vector DB / embeddings pipelines — have Familiar, need ~Expert
  • RAG diagnosis (retrieval vs gen) — have Familiar, need ~Expert
  • Tool-calling agents + human gates — have Familiar, need ~Expert
  • Eval harnesses & promotion gates — have Familiar, need ~Expert
  • Client discovery / scope defense — have Familiar, need ~Expert

Portfolio projects to close gaps

  • Permission-aware RAG with eval gates

    Shows retrieval diagnosis, authz, and promotion criteria — lab interview gold.

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  • Tool-calling agent with kill switch + audit log

    Proves you do not ship unrestricted agents into customer estates.

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