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You point at a big problem. The approach of finding fixes to hackjobs, instead of going balls deep into the tech you are using and being able to figure out yourself.
There should be a personal pride in solving a bug of yours without SO. Anyone else won't notice, but it would reassure yourself that you know what you are doing.
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Do you feel that people are prefering to go through a bunch of tuts than sitting down and read a book.?
SO has made it so easy -- got an error just google and fix it. No need to bother about underlying concepts.
SO is great but do you feel like it's making younger programmers more focused on trouble-shooting rather than solving and understanding.?
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