I'm really thankful to my dad (a database analyst) for sitting me down one time when I was home on break from college to give me a basic overview of how relatio

I'm really thankful to my dad (a database analyst) for sitting me down one time when I was home on break from college to give me a basic overview of how relational databases work. I eventually did more reading on my own, but just knowing about this general concept made it so I could see when I had a situation where it would be useful. My first job was in an architect's office and I had a project that involved tracking details of a hundred different doors and windows of a historic building, so I used Access to create a database and saved so much time keeping track of everything! In my current position as the combined accounting/HR department of a small company, I've been able to build a lot of tools using Airtable that help us track deals and commissions in a less-manual way, allowing us to scale the team a lot faster than we would have been able to otherwise. Pipedream is another great tool because it has very granular coverage of the whole spectrum from no-code to real-code. At every step of the learning journey, there's an opportunity to get a little more sophisticated, but the whole time I'm also able to be productive in solving the business problems in front of me. As someone who aspires to become a developer someday, it's really cool to be submitting PRs as part of my not-officially-technical day job :) https://pipedream.com/ https://pipedream.com/