The best programmers are the quickest to Google
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The best programmers are the quickest to Google
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#2True story, but it's not just being the first to do a google search. From personal experience I've also seen that how you use google and what variants of your search terms you can come up with that make the biggest difference in getting to the right answer/method.
The problem is: when you get to a certain level of skill, or are working on very obscure problems, or are working with hightech (even yet-to-be-released) stuff, not even google will help you anymore. That's where how good of a programmer you really are comes into play.
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#3I thought from the title that you meant that Google, the company, thought that faster coders are just better.
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#4True story, but it's not just being the first to do a google search. From personal experience I've also seen that how you use google and what variants of your search terms you can come up with that make the biggest difference in getting to the right answer/method. The problem is: when you get to a certain level of skill, or are working on very obscure problems, or are working with hightech (even yet-to-be-released) s…
Additionally, you need the skill and knowledge to be able to tell a good solution from a bad one in the many results you'll get back from a given search.
Re: The best programmers are the quickest to Google
#5True story, but it's not just being the first to do a google search. From personal experience I've also seen that how you use google and what variants of your search terms you can come up with that make the biggest difference in getting to the right answer/method. The problem is: when you get to a certain level of skill, or are working on very obscure problems, or are working with hightech (even yet-to-be-released) s…
I agree. Those that know the right questions to ask are those that understand their problems, understand their deficiencies, and are just looking for a targeted piece of knowledge that they may be missing.
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#6Maybe there should be another programmer maxim: DRO (dont repeat others)
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#7From my experience of not doing this early on, the quicker you take this advice, the quicker you will build really cool things.
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#8"The best doctors are the quickest to Google."
"The best scientists are the quickest to Google."
"The best engineers are the quickest to Google."
Are the above statements true? Quite possibly. I would argue that the best in their fields are those writing the answers that are indexed by Google to be found by others. However, usually the best in their fields are also good at using Google. Unfortunately, the worst in their fields also use Google extensively, so it's not a strong signal.
EDIT: My definition of "best" is admittedly very subjective. The author could define "best" as "most effective", for exmaple. My only point is that you shouldn't use Googling to determine who is "best" because the "worst" also can be quick to use Google. It's a useless signal. More situationally appropriate metrics should be used instead.
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#9When I interview a candidate for a hacker-like position, I provide give them the problem constraints and hand them my computer.
I tell them to lookup anything they want.
The portion of time spent on Google directly correlates to their success.
Re: The best programmers are the quickest to Google
#10True story, but it's not just being the first to do a google search. From personal experience I've also seen that how you use google and what variants of your search terms you can come up with that make the biggest difference in getting to the right answer/method. The problem is: when you get to a certain level of skill, or are working on very obscure problems, or are working with hightech (even yet-to-be-released) s…
Research never stops being in play on really hard problems. Sometimes though, the research isn't in search indexes in a way you'd suppose.