So that interviewers can gauge your ability on searching & referencing code examples from the web? Who's being realistic?

I've often told people that I'm just a good programmer, but a phenomenal Googler. Even in interviews.

Being able to search and separate the wheat from the chaff is most definitely a skill. Unless you always want to be reinventing wheels.

Yeah but when you found the wheat you still need to know how to make bread.

You're not expected to invent the recipe for bread though - you're allowed to talk to people and find the best recipe, and if it's acceptable quality then you use that.

EDIT: Unless your job is to invent a better bread recipe.

Being able to search and use online code examples is a key skill in software development. The web has become the collective knowledge base for all of us.

When I hired people for a very entry level position, this was 100% on the list of things you had to be able to do (use google effectively.)

Its amazing how many people cant.

I think it forgets to include a license for all of the snippets that you use.

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