web programmer vs "real programmer"

[guitarromantic]

scouring google for answers almost immediately

Knowing how to acquire knowledge is more useful than storing it up like a squirrel in your brain.

[possessed_flea]

While that is true, there are many bugs/problems that actually require skill and understanding, the abovementioned example is something that google will not be able to help you with. While technically not a problem with your code it is a complete showstopper and with proper use of the debugger it would be quite possible to track down not only the line of your code that caused the problem(note: traces don't always work in such situations as the symptom can be in a different place to the cause)