Unable to add skills for thee first time from settings page

[SathyaJayabal]

Unable to add skills for thee first time from settings page. The PATCH call is made, but a POST call must be made as there are no skills yet for the user

[nursoltan-s]

PR: topcoder-platform/topcoder-react-lib#330

[SathyaJayabal]

verified on dev, user is able to add skills for the first time on settings page

[SathyaJayabal]

verified on staging

[sandhiyakavi]

Verified on Prod Env. Able to add skills first time.