It may be similar for most professions. But the difference is that programming is much more accessible to everyone than medical stuff, or even car mechanics.

Lets take the example of someone finding solution X for [problem], but X is wrong, but not fatal:

• Medical: possible malpractice lawsuit.
• car mechanic: Lost $$$ buying wrong parts
• Programming: Error hopefully caught by tests / QA. If the issue made it into production, roll it back to the prev version.

But it seems very likely other professions will also "google the problem"

• Woodworker: how to do X joint, constructions for drawer, table,..
• Car mechanic: likely cause of X, how to diagnose faults. Especially if they work on all cars
• Repairman: same as car mechanic. Also diagrams, and pinout of chips.
• Eletrical engineering: Parts, pinouts, troubleshooting issues with design
• Cashier: What's the number for Bananas? (ok, they don't use the internet for that)
• Waiters: Where was table 69?
• Fast food worker: "Legal to get fired over eating a fry?"