It's a simplification, but the difference is probably that as a beginner you're searching "how to do this thing with this lib". The experienced dev is probably

It's a simplification, but the difference is probably that as a beginner you're searching "how to do this thing with this lib". The experienced dev is probably searching "how does this lib work", and will figure out "how to do this thing" by themselves once their mental model of the lib is more accurate