> I think OP is talking about people who literally can't code, yet list a track record of 10 years successfully writing C++ code on their resume. > then sittin

> I think OP is talking about people who literally can't code, yet list a track record of 10 years successfully writing C++ code on their resume. > then sitting down with them and they can't even come up with a for loop If someone has been writing succesful production code in C++ for ten years, there is zero possibility they can't write a for loop. I hope you do realize that is not actually possible. What is extremely likely, is that they get subjected to a random algorithm memorization puzzle question for something they've never seen before under the extreme stress of an interview and then the interviewer extrapolates from that to assume "they can't write a for loop".