Is it normal that I can't work without stack overflow?

Question

Programming

I noticed that if there was no stack overflow, then I would just sit over some errors for weeks . Errors
always pop up, then incomprehensible messages, then some kind of library is not installed, etc.
or, for example, some function is needed to convert the date into the desired form.
I find the code on stack overflow and insert it into the project
Question: do all good specialists also regularly use this resource?
That is, it is absolutely normal that the middle / senior will solve problems using stack overflow?

Answer 1

No, it's not normal. Seniors go to the stack, but few and rarely, because often there are few people who know the answers to their questions, and sometimes you can’t simply trust the qualifications of the person who answers you.

Answer 2

normally
, there are even quite senior topics there, as well as on quora
, however, there is no code in them, the code is only in June ones, but still

Answer 3

Is it possible to program without the Internet - bobuk see 24:32 , 41:18

Answer 4

When you are not biting - you are looking for like-minded people involved in fishing, in the process of talking with whom you get new experience and strengthen the previous one by repeatedly working out the key and fundamental foundations.
It would be strange if you did not use the stack. But it would be no less strange if you used it and considered yourself a senior.

Answer 5

KISS principle. for stackoverflow.
When meeting a problem for the first time, read on stack.
DRY principle. for stackoverflow
When meeting a similar problem for the second time, read the documentation.