How to become a programmer, or the art of Googling well
This is very true, but it's a bit more complicated than that.<p>"I'd come to understand that the answer was out there, somewhere." The answer is out there, but so is the wrong answer. Recognizing the right answer is the hard part.<p>I also must point out that the answer is out there <i>if you know English</i>. Knowing English is a strong privilege. Success rate plummets if you Google programming questions in a language other than English.