Relying on documentation a lot is NOT a bad thing. Your problem solving abilities are important but one could make the argument that your ability to look up how

Relying on documentation a lot is NOT a bad thing. Your problem solving abilities are important but one could make the argument that your ability to look up how to solve a problem is just as important. I can't count the number of times I've heard developers (including myself) say "Most of my job is just Googling how to solve something...". When I was in college, once of my classmates only used documentation as an absolute last resort claiming that he didn't want to rely on it in college since he wouldn't be able to rely on it in the 'real world'. Not only was he slow and a pain to work with, but he couldn't have been farther from the truth. Google isn't going anywhere, and if anything its more accessible in the workplace than in a college setting where at times you're forced to write syntax correct code on paper in some unrealistic testing environment. In short, embrace the documentation :)