[buckbova]

I would rather hire the strong developer that can code without autocomplete and write without spellcheck.

[tptacek]

That'll come in handy when the inevitable days-long autocomplete and spellcheck outage strikes.

[Apocryphon]

Or if the firm only uses Emacs.

[tptacek]

You use Emacs without autocomplete? That's not snark: I'm just here to tell you that Emacs has fantastic autocomplete and you should definitely look into it.

[wglb]

Uh, just hit tab, or at worst Meta-/

[willismichael]

M-x ispell

[spdy]

Why? Because he is good at memorizing things? That does not make the strongest developer.

[dllthomas]

Being able to memorize things is valuable to a developer. I'm with you that other things are more valuable, but you don't always have to make a trade-off.