> A IDE user who only knows how to modify projects by adding files and clicking checkboxes for optimization settings will do that for the rest of their career.

> A IDE user who only knows how to modify projects by adding files and clicking checkboxes for optimization settings will do that for the rest of their career. Sorry, but seriously that is BS. I started coding with Basic on a Commodore 64. By the same reasoning, I should be mystified by a mouse. People learn, tools and languages evolve, especially during the whole span of a 40 years career.