The irony is how transferable these actual skills are, and often how intangible they are (difficult to measure, in a sense).

A few really good programmers/IT types I've worked with over the years were also very handy at auto repair, home repairs, and the like.

I guess, for a vague description, "root cause analysis", "isolation of the issue", and "reproducibility" are vitally important skills across domains.

My only "skills" in these domains are software stuff and some auto repair/troubleshooting and the process is nearly identical.