This is a question of time wasted vs time invested. Are there times when asking immediately is more efficient? Absolutely. Are there times where asking my roo

This is a question of time wasted vs time invested. Are there times when asking immediately is more efficient? Absolutely. Are there times where asking my roommate to do my homework would have been more efficient? Absolutely. Now what about if you encounter a similar (but not exact) problem in the future? Do you have the skills to figure it out now or do you still need to ask? In both cases, when you view the time to work through a problem as wasted, you're failing to invest in your future. Take the 30 minutes to read the documentation and understand it, everything is not a sprint to "make it work". What if you don't have a solution after 30 minutes? Take another 30 and write down your problem. If you can't clearly explain your problem in plain language (including background, code snippets, links, screenshots as needed), you probably should - as a matter of courtesy prior to bringing anyone into a surprise debugging session.