> I have a piece of software and a task I want to accomplish. For example, list files ordered by size in ascending order. ls' man page tells me how to do that, but I have to piece the information together because it is arranged option by option. Thus, I'm forced to read more than what I'd like.

If you don't take time to read the entire manpage or at least skim through to find the optimal solution, then you're not experienced enough IMO. I understand the rush to come up with a quick win and amaze everyone, but the first quality I notice on senior engineers is that they were really slow in delivering solutions. The ROI would come up later when drawbacks were documented, the solution was well explained and most of the times elegant, hence no one would need to touch that part of system anytime soon and if someone did had to do so, he'd have a head-start.