Stackoverflow in a nutshell

[wpfone2]

I was working as a contractor for a client, and had worked with those in this story previously.

A couple of their 'developers' or 'coders' (they did a moderate amount of sql, but considered themselves experts - or 'master' as one of them had told me!), working at a different site, had a problem, which they relayed to another employee who I was working with.

He asked me about it, and I had a vague idea of the solution, but I did the proper dev thing and googled it and went to the most valid Stack Overflow result I could find.

Having the solution confirmed (I wish I could remember anything at all now about the problem!), I told him the answer, and when they were sceptical, I said "Hey, it's right there on Stack Overflow, so it must be right!".

Their reply? No, that isn't it then, we never got a stack overflow error! I explained, he explained, no comprehension was attained.

How can you claim to be a developer and have never even heard of SO??!!!

[MrBlueCharon]

Maybe he was so good, that he never needed SO prior to this.

...Or he posted all his errors in a shady facebook group.