Pretty much this, before stack overflow forums were very popular for asking questions, so you would traverse forums finding someone who's asked the same questio

Pretty much this, before stack overflow forums were very popular for asking questions, so you would traverse forums finding someone who's asked the same question as you. Although half the time their question wouldn't be answered. I find Github to be just as valuable today btw, whenever I search for a problem the top result is a github issue with many comments already on it (and sometimes a workaround)