I Just Keep Googling Stuff And It Keeps Working

google Imposter syndrome Search-driven development Copy paste Self taught Chatgpt Coding truth

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9 months ago 264,860 views 1 shares

I Just Keep Googling Stuff And It Keeps Working

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The secret sauce of modern development revealed! When asked about becoming a coder, the honest answer isn't four years of computer science or mastering algorithms—it's just endlessly Googling error messages until something magically works. The uncomfortable truth is that 90% of our "expertise" is knowing exactly what to search for and which Stack Overflow answer to copy-paste. ChatGPT is just Google with extra steps and fewer captchas asking us to identify traffic lights.

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