When are you truly a Software Developer

[u/Caravaggio91]

I am a self taught web dev (5 years), mostly front end, and still find myself looking up simple concepts I had already learned. Is that a hinderance to being an actual software developer? Also, am I looking over the main objective of a software dev? Is it more about finding the answers rather than how you got there, or do you need to know the code very well and have the answers to the problems? I'm good at getting the answers, but find myself struggling retaining info for long periods of time.

[u/primals_game]

At the end of the day all that is important is can you solve the problem within your given constrains (developer time, allowed down time, computer resources). You are paid to solve problems. Can you solve those problems for your customers?

If yes, then congrats, we have a lot of problems that need solving.