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Is it a bad thing to ask a lot of questions?

Hello, I am quite new to programming(On my way to my 4th week of programming), but when I am doing projects on my own I tend to search up how to do things after a few tests runs, but I fear that I am a bit too reliant on using something like youtube or stack overflow. I also fear that because I am always asking too many questions and that my skills wouldn't be able to cross over to work once I leave college due to this. So is it a good thing that I ask a lot of questions? or what should I do if not? Thank you for reading! -Jack

8th Feb 2020, 1:43 PM
Jack Bevan
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It is not the quantity but the quality of questions you have to care for. -Is it a programming related question -Can I answer myself -using searchbar -repeating lessons -asking google because it is general If it is yes/no your questions are welcome....best with link of what you tried before
8th Feb 2020, 1:57 PM
Oma Falk
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believe me i sometimes google things that look silly if i tell someone that i had to google it just to solve the problem it will sound stupid, you will learn a lot by asking lots of question and using stackoverflow and youtube, am sure thats a good thing
8th Feb 2020, 1:51 PM
✳AsterisK✳
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Nothing wrong there. What can you access as experience if there are only four weeks. This is the learning process, good thing you have where to search quickly. I remember when I had to go through few books just to get an answer. Later maybe this could be a problem, but not even then. It is all part of the learning process and we learn all of our life. Good luck!!!
8th Feb 2020, 1:59 PM
Mihai Apostol
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No problem with using all the resources available, professional programmers also google stuff. :) You have to make an honest judgment though: 'Will I need this again?' If so, it would be probably best to google it just once and properly learn it. Anyway, googling for yourself is a hundred times better than making other people google for you (daily q&a pattern).
8th Feb 2020, 2:07 PM
HonFu
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