I want to follow this up by saying that I have tremendous appreciation for academics in software development and purer forms of CS in general. I encourage progr

I want to follow this up by saying that I have tremendous appreciation for academics in software development and purer forms of CS in general. I encourage programmers I work with to expand their skills and "think" about problems. It is unacceptable in our organization to simply copy/paste a solution. Before selecting a library, we always google "[libname] bug|issue|slow" and look through the results. Whenever time permits, we pick a library and dig in. In short, I expect my team to grok our solutions, not simply plug them in and run. Again, balance.