Welcome to Steem. The short answer is YES, this is exactly what Steem is designed for.

The long answer is that the community is still small relative to Stack Overflow so there are not as many people here today to answer questions. That said, we will be offering rewards for users from Stack Overflow to migrate to Steem once it matures a bit more.

So you can get a head start by getting involved early! If others like the idea and join then you will earn a lot of Steem Power which means every question you ask has an implicit bounty proportional to the value of your upvote.

Take the time to format your questions properly and phrase them in a manner that is useful to as many people as possible.