Most people write code into text files (instead of into a DB for instance), therefore I expect you to edit text files. Most people use git, therefore I expect y

Most people write code into text files (instead of into a DB for instance), therefore I expect you to edit text files. Most people use git, therefore I expect you to use git. These are skills you need to learn to call yourself a software developer in my eyes. If you can code but are not able to edit text files, that is bad (e.g., I had a friend who was so much into Eclipse he wasn't able to edit a very simple README.md without making an Eclipse project first). I completely agree that there is no common denominator when it comes to build scripts. There are so many variations out there. But I think if I know make, automake, CMake and Ant I'm fine with many projects and some more when I ask the authors nicely to provide me either of these.