[rpmisms]

> I am not convinced you are what you claim.

Knowing where to look without colleagues or steeping in the field is difficult. When teaching people to code, I often run into the same issue: assuming people are good at googling, or know what Stack Overflow is.

[toomuchtodo]

I am very good at googling and other online resource discovery, but that is no replacement for a knowledgable practitioner pointing you towards known good, high quality online resources. You don’t know what you don’t know. "Unknown unknowns."

I will even pay subject matter experts when necessary to bootstrap the research and autodidact process. There is no speed limit when learning, but rails and direction have value until you have enough foundation in a domain. I will absolutely let someone teach if they’re willing to set me on the right path, one of the reasons this forum is so valuable: highly knowledgeable people willing to bestow knowledge for free. And asking is mostly free (assuming you are polite and receptive).

[rpmisms]

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, or in this case, an ounce of experience is worth a pound of research.

Also: Wisdom. It is the difference between knowledge and experience. -Data, Star Trek