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I get that the glib answer will be "so they can make money"
But what is the actual thought process they are pretending to go through here? Cause the experience of being a prompt engineer is not some sought after experience like how people pay to be movie PAs for free or work as an artist assistant.
Someone posted above that this was from a couple years ago and done as a test to see who would respond to this type of ad sort of thing.
That people would be so excited to "get their foot in the door of th prompt engineering job market" that theyd pay for the opportunity