Trying to learn everything is a real drain on vital brainpower. There's no shame in having to use Google. If anything you should feel proud -- it means you've saved that mental bandwidth for something more important.
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Heck no there's no shame in utilizing search as a tool. Learning what/how to use google to get the right answer is a very valid skill. The surface area of tech is so broad that forming the right question is very difficult. I have had problems that I google for days. I will literally think of a new angle to phrase the question and try again. Sometimes the answer is that there is not simple pip install package kind of answer and I need to do the work myself. Other times I find the perfect well executed answer after rethinking the question.
Learning what/how to use google to get the right answer is a very valid skill
Absolutely! There are many skills involved in a good search -- the phrasing, quickly ruling out unhelpful results, and so on. It sounds simple, but it really isn't.
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Trying to learn everything is a real drain on vital brainpower. There's no shame in having to use Google. If anything you should feel proud -- it means you've saved that mental bandwidth for something more important.
Heck no there's no shame in utilizing search as a tool. Learning what/how to use google to get the right answer is a very valid skill. The surface area of tech is so broad that forming the right question is very difficult. I have had problems that I google for days. I will literally think of a new angle to phrase the question and try again. Sometimes the answer is that there is not simple
pip install packagekind of answer and I need to do the work myself. Other times I find the perfect well executed answer after rethinking the question.Absolutely! There are many skills involved in a good search -- the phrasing, quickly ruling out unhelpful results, and so on. It sounds simple, but it really isn't.
99% of my education and work experience as a developer has involved Googling things I don't know.
Same. And the other 1% I usually get wrong.