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"To a hiring manager, the fact that you took the time to help a fellow programmer with a detailed answer in some obscure corner of programming knowledge, and demonstrated mastery, is a lot more relevant than the Latin Club you joined in school."

I wonder how relevant will the fact be that I dared to ask stupid noob questions about new technologies I am trying to learn. Maybe it's best I stick to giving Java advice :-/

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You could always ask the "stupid noob" questions under a different identity if this is something you are worried about.

Although personally I wouldn't really be all that crazy about working for the kind of employer who cared about this thing ("What? You asked... questions?").

I think it depends on how you ask the question. If you give every indication that you've made an effort to try and figure it out on your own, even if it's a newb issue, I doubt anyone who knows what they're doing would see it as anything other than a good indication of character.

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