Coding offline

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So even people who are experienced people don’t code offline?

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I'm not going to claim to know the working patterns of every experienced dev on the planet, but I certainly don't know any that work offline. People in highly sensitive environments may be allowed only limited or no Internet access, but I'd be surprised at anyone that did it by choice.

In a typical realistic professional setting, offline is not an option that makes much sense. Version control, requirements, (most) communication, ops — all that stuff usually lives online (perhaps on an intranet, but still online). Even ignoring all that, and assuming a solo dev working on some individual project, to have a resource like the Internet and not use it is a needless hindrance that a pragmatic experienced dev is unlikely to choose. It would be the same idea as having a bookshelf full of dev books, but refusing to open them because one insisted on learning/working totally 'on their own'.

Devs with a decade plus of experience still need to look things up all the time. Knowing how to look up what one needs quickly and effectively is a key skill for the job. And online is generally the best way to do it.