I'm the exact opposite. I hate to "tinker" around with languages or frameworks. I hate the feeling of not knowing what I'm doing and have to google for every bi

I'm the exact opposite. I hate to "tinker" around with languages or frameworks. I hate the feeling of not knowing what I'm doing and have to google for every bit of progress. I think this is where modern trends in programming language books, and by extension language learners who enable these books, gets it wrong. Everyone is trying to teach you the bare minimum to get started, and they leave you to struggle with the rest. This is a big reason why there are so many programmers who barely know anything below the surface of the language they've been using for years. I like taking a fairly broad tour of a language before digging in. I like knowing what the essence of the language is. I like knowing whats possible and what isn't. I hate the feeling of being blind, feeling around the room for the door knob to get me into the next room where the process is repeated.