I interpreted tech as referring to engineering. I know that 99 times out of 100, Googling around, reading blog posts, and otherwise banging my head on the lates

I interpreted tech as referring to engineering. I know that 99 times out of 100, Googling around, reading blog posts, and otherwise banging my head on the latest and greatest is less productive and produces lower quality software than just reading some damn man pages and spitting out some code.