Skills that are a must-have requirement

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Sentence reads "computer programming skills is a must, particularly with Language A and Language B"
I'm fairly certain this should say the programming skills ARE a must, on account of skills being a plural. However, I had the thought that the skills are one requirement, so should in fact be referred to in the singular...
Any thoughts?

Cee Jaco · Answer

You are correct.  Replace must with other words and you’ll clearly be able to tell “is” doesn’t work and “are” does.
Ex.  Computer skills IS awesome.
Computer skills ARE awesome.
Ex.  Computer skills IS a great thing to possess.
Computer skills ARE a great thing to possess.

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