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Discussion on: Are IDE Extensions Hurting Young Devs?

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Michael Sayers

I feel like the most valuable skill for a developer is problem solving. The hard work is around figuring out how to go about implementing that new feature, fixing that bug etc.

If you get caught up memorizing every library method or piece of syntax for every language you are working on you miss out on the broader strokes, higher-level thinking that will allow you to solve the problem more effectively.

You can always google the gritty details of something, not so much when it comes to how to do whole projects. Having tools that do that lower-level detail will leave you with more time to think about the overall problem more effectively.