I have a similar learning style. As with all things I think there is a tradeoff. It feels superior when you aren't doing anything too complex and when you can

I have a similar learning style. As with all things I think there is a tradeoff. It feels superior when you aren't doing anything too complex and when you can iterate quickly with little cost because it's far more time efficient than thorough learning with only minor drawbacks. When I think it falls short is if the problem you're working on requires deep domain knowledge or failure is costly. In this situation, someone who has deep knowledge and who will thoroughly work through the problem will be far better off than the person who learns on demand. The caveat to this is that I think the former situation is _far_ more common in industry than the latter, so to me a learn on demand style is far more useful in practice. I'm sure that some domains would heavily favour a thorough learning style though.