>Compiling main() with an assignment and a print is technically programming, but has extremely little to do with what is actually being developed in real produc

>Compiling main() with an assignment and a print is technically programming, but has extremely little to do with what is actually being developed in real products. You aren't going to give anyone a job if this is all they can do. I do not think that is even necessary to being a programmer. It is possible that someone has always worked on projects with an already existing build system, and only knew to run "make" (or equivalent) to compile. These people could be competent at actually programming, but not know how to compile something outside of an existing build system.