I started thinking about this a few weeks ago. Today I heard someone else say something similar. That was a great confirmation for me so I thought I’d write it down.

My thoughts: A few weeks ago I thought, coding looks like it’s about being good at coding but it’s really about being able to find the information you’re looking for.

Coding is really about being good at finding information.

If you get good at finding the information that you need, you’ll be OK. This means the information you need is probably hiding on stack overflow or in a reddit forum or on some random blog or in a codepen. You have to become a good detective to find the information that you need to do what you want to be able to do.

Today while watching the video below, this is what I heard David Adach say.

let nicknameIntroduction; nicknameIntroduction = “My nickname is ” + bot + “.”; console.log(nicknameIntroduction);David’s thoughts: He was explaining something and then he said, “The point is not to learn it by heart. That’s why we have documentation.”

That’s why we have it documentation.

That’s a freeing statement. You don’t have to worry about memorizing every line of code. The whole field has multiple systems in place to go back and double check how to do something.

No one is expecting that you will memorize every line of code that you’ve learned over the years.

This is good to know. Phew!