SO has become an invaluable resource for me. I generally program alone and I don't have someone with experience with X at the ready to ask questions when I run

SO has become an invaluable resource for me. I generally program alone and I don't have someone with experience with X at the ready to ask questions when I run into bullshit. And it's often faster to google a common task then check the relevant api docs as needed than to start the search in api docs. I also tend to do new unfamiliar tasks a lot and draw heavily on other peoples experience to accelerate me. If your a senior programmer thats been working in a narrow domain and technology stack for years, it may seem amateur to rely on heavily on google/SO. But it could be an indication of their ability to leverage the internet to quickly learn new technology/how to do various tasks.