Is age an issue?
eugenejen: Memorizing was important when you have no other way to document information. But I doubt it to be important when you know how to search and judge/experiment the information recently. Sometime people ask for apis just to see whether the person had experience with the technology.At the other hand, remember important facts, theorems, plus good analytical thinking saving a lot of troubles.What I find annoying is the education systems make most people misunderstanding 'good memory' as 'smart'. At the other hand, I see good problem solving ability as smartness. Not so many educators are as wise as Richard Feynman's father is in teaching Richard Feynman memorization is not understanding how a bird's behaviors. It is hard to teach problem solving.