Syntax and terminology is a very small part of programming. Some asshats that play God in interviewing think otherwise, but they'd probably fail their own test a few months after they finish interviewing, because they themselves probably had to look the crap up before they interviewed people. That, or they're pedantic assholes who probably can't solve actual problems.
Your projects will get far more complicated and you're going to spend a lot more time staring at code wondering why it doesn't work than you spend typing it in. Add in the time you'll spend designing and documenting and dealing with customers and management and team members and meetings, and the time you spend looking stuff up amounts to zero. It really won't kill your productivity if you have to look stuff up. It amounts to being stabbed with a sword only if one of those pedantic assholes is your boss, and he's watching you, and he doesn't like you.
The stuff you use a lot you'll remember. Keep a good reference on hand (and access to Google) for the rest.
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Date: 2009-01-31 05:03 am (UTC)Your projects will get far more complicated and you're going to spend a lot more time staring at code wondering why it doesn't work than you spend typing it in. Add in the time you'll spend designing and documenting and dealing with customers and management and team members and meetings, and the time you spend looking stuff up amounts to zero. It really won't kill your productivity if you have to look stuff up. It amounts to being stabbed with a sword only if one of those pedantic assholes is your boss, and he's watching you, and he doesn't like you.
The stuff you use a lot you'll remember. Keep a good reference on hand (and access to Google) for the rest.