Just so. A lot of the problems have already been solved before anyone starts typing code. It is SO common in this industry for people to literally not know wha

Just so. A lot of the problems have already been solved before anyone starts typing code. It is SO common in this industry for people to literally not know what some software is meant to do, and just start typing code anyway. There's an entire software philosophy, "agile", based around that. If it IS known in advance what the software is meant to do, the quality of software that can be created is just astounding.