Should programmers use google and Stack Overflow all the time?

I'd say so.
There tools. Just like any language you use.

They are useful but you can derive a lot of fun and pride creating on your own.

I'd say what makes the person good is knowing when to use those tools, and how to apply what you find. Creating on your own is fun and teaches you a lot, but it's not always the best solution to "reinvent the wheel"

@codeclod couldn't have put it better myself.

Treat them like an expensive API call and always consult the cache first :)

@codeclod Well said...

I have been coding for a while. Back then even api was only in books and were extremely expensive to buy. So you had to pretty much do everything on your own. That was fun too.
Learning new skills was incredibly hard. I remember how hard it was to switch from C to C++.
In essence all the sites help only if you know what you want to do but don't know exactly how..

Nope. They should use duckduckgo.

Yup....and devRant...

Yes, there's no reason why you shouldn't.

ive actually learned a lot of my programming from stackoverflow... the trickiest part is knowing how to apply a solution to tour own code. as long as you know the basics and logic behind it as long as you can understand whats happening in the solution its amazing. but always learn the basics first!

Nothing wrong with it at all. The problem is when devs just copy/paste and don't take the time to understand what that chuck actually does.