I saw in the developer forum that this problem had been resolved in blender 3.0
I really like the new version so far!
Here I am saving assets for the first time and I am having trouble finding an answer.
I tried selecting, I tried creating NLA action strip, I tried jumping to the appropriate keyframe, I tried pose mode and object mode, any intrepretation of active and selected object I could think of.
Am I going to need to write Python Code. If so any advice on where to start on that as a novice python user?
I figured out how to do this. On blender 4.1 Here is how:
1: set the file path by navigating to Preferences–> File Paths
2: Set the pose and re-save the file as a new name (while in pose mode)
3: Access the pose in the asset brower (right click and choose apply pose)
I got this from a tutorial for blender 3.0 so I guess nothing has changed too much.