I think the point of the parent is that if you are going to ask a basic question, you should respect the person's time enough to do 5 seconds of googling to see

I think the point of the parent is that if you are going to ask a basic question, you should respect the person's time enough to do 5 seconds of googling to see if it is sufficient. Then when you ask the question you can preface it with "I googled and found X, does that sound right or is there more I should know?" Oddly enough, I've found this is something that is surprisingly hard to get through to some junior people on. They see me as a more convenient search interface so ask me first. I still haven't found a super nice way of explaining that "my time is better spent on other things so please Google before asking me." That might sound harsh and I don't want to discourage asking me questions, particularly dumb ones (because those can be very important and I want to create an environment where they feel comfortable asking things), but I want to make sure they do their own due diligence first. As someone largely self taught in their domain, it can be frustrating dealing with people who don't resort to that as a first step.