However, it's good advice if we think about just being competent instead of being a smart deified rockstar. If you are handed a spec and documentation for all

However, it's good advice if we think about just being competent instead of being a smart deified rockstar. If you are handed a spec and documentation for all the APIs you will need to use, and instead of reading or thinking about anything you just demand that I walk you through it one step at a time, all day, there is a plain old competence issue and it is wasting time. Often it really is better for someone to just try to figure it out for a while, even if it takes them a lot longer. You don't learn with people telling you every single little detail.