As far as remembering things, I’ve learned that Googling is a learned skill (especially when it comes to Boolean), so I can usually find things others could not. However, when you’re sitting in front of the executive team and they need an answer, there’s no time for research or searching. In my experience I’ve steadily come to rely less on searching for answers over time.

As I learn more about our industry, my profession, and the work that I do, I’ve steadily weaned myself from research (though not entirely) and started leaning more on my own knowledge. It’s neat to see the transition over time, but I don’t know that we will ever truly go to either extreme again (all searching, no internal knowledge or internal knowledge, no searching).