Isn't it shameful to search Google for answers at work?

Question

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Friends, I recently learned to be a programmer. Specialization Web, JS, PHP.
So, I was offered several jobs here, for which they will accept me (of course, the salary is not high). Now, I want to accept one suggestion in order to learn from real examples. And the question: Isn't it shameful and shameful to look for answers in Google at work. Let's say I'm given the task of making some forms and designs for them. Design without problems, but I don’t know how to write code for them. And if I go to Google and use ready-made examples to make everything work - will it be right?

Answer 1

Not only is it “not shameful”, but it is even included in the list of questions in some interviews, in the style of “What will you do if you don’t know how to implement this, and there is no one to ask nearby?”.
Another thing is if you google most of your tasks, this may raise doubts about your qualifications (if you initially positioned yourself as an experienced specialist).

Answer 2

It is shameful not to study and not to seek knowledge.

Answer 3

Why go to Google, come to Toaster :)

Answer 4

No, it’s not shameful, just don’t mindlessly copy what you found, but still try to figure out what you found.

Answer 5

It's a shame not to find the answer that is in Google.
Stupidly copying or understanding is another question.

Answer 6

You don't have to remember everything by heart. It's impossible.

Answer 7

Searching the Internet is a must, the analog computer in your head is not designed to store raw bytes in large amounts in long-term memory, and digital computers, including Google servers, are designed for this, it is perfectly correct to combine your brain and the digital computer on the table in one local network with Internet access, this is the optimal distribution of tasks between the client and servers.
Most scold and condemn "copy-paste" code from the Internet, but, I must say, not everyone, some just don't care, or they have no choice, there are tasks where without it you can't do anything at all with a given budget and within a given timeframe, here it is the leadership itself will not be up to principles, there is a task, it is necessary to solve it, and that's it.

Answer 8

I will not get out of the search engine.
Including even those things with which I work daily.
This is fine. There is too much knowledge, it is impossible to remember everything.

Answer 9

Not shameful.
I started asking school teachers a similar question back in the 9th grade. Especially the physics teacher. Although I am friends with technology at the level of a soldering iron, I don’t remember a single formula now. What for? There is a textbook, there are notes, there are spurs, there is Google. Why remember something that is extremely easy to find?
In terms of programming. I remember a lot of functions, I remember their syntax and so on... BUT. I use them almost every day, so they settled in my head. Although there are many functions that I know something about, but I don’t remember exactly. In this case, 5 minutes in Google will completely return my understanding.
For example, I am writing my own engine for sites, the connection to the database is registered only 1 time for the entire process. Why should I remember this process in detail? I'd rather google. At the same time, I remember in detail all the functions and features of working with this database, since these moments are needed many times a day.
Let's take JS, I personally use it in 90% of cases to add / remove classes from elements, for animations, for checking the state and other simple nonsense. The remaining 10% of cases are submitting data from forms, getting html from another page or another site, I don't remember them, but I google them in a couple of minutes.
In my understanding, it may be a shame to google "how to get html from another js jquery page", but the request "jquery load" should not even cause any thoughts of shame. It's impossible to remember everything. Yes, and it doesn't make any sense. Do you want to be an encyclopedia person? I would not refuse such a superpower, but I don’t want to acquire it myself, I’d rather do something more useful.
I assure you, even doctors are constantly looking into reference books to get information about symptoms, diseases and methods of treatment. By the way, in my practice, young doctors often ignore reference books, while old ones, on the contrary, often use them.
Well, one more confirmation. I love tinkering with computer hardware. I can pick up accessories according to needs and prices. I know thousands of features of different platforms. But I only remember the highlights. For example, Pentium 3s were produced for socket 370, they worked with SDRAM memory, and you need to carefully choose the motherboard, so old motherboards may not be friends with the latest models of third-party stumps. And so about all platforms starting with the Pentium 1. At the same time, even under pain of being shot, I won’t remember how many transistors each processor has, what process technology it uses ... And why? In life, this is usually not necessary, but if you suddenly need it, then there is Google, which will quickly tell me "the number of Pentium 3 transistors"

Answer 10

I almost always, when I made the first applications for Android, looked for answers on https://stackoverflow.com and many do it... But in general it depends on the employer, some people think that you should be a "walking reference book"... ))