Exactly - it's not binary. It's not yes or no. It's not everything or nothing. * There are cases where the fastest thing to do is ask your colleagues. * The

Exactly - it's not binary. It's not yes or no. It's not everything or nothing. * There are cases where the fastest thing to do is ask your colleagues. * There are cases where the fastest thing to do is ask your friends (if you have any). * There are cases where the fastest thing to do is ask Google. * There are cases where the fastest thing to do is ask StackOverflow. But there are times when it's best (and not necessarily fastest!) to work on it for a while to see if you can either solve it, or at least get your mind around it enough to understand the solution when it comes. The very best programmers/engineers/employees/founders/people know when it's which case from the above.