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> And, 100% agree on normalizing databases. Are there companies that don't? Oh heck yeah there are.

• As_You_Wish 4y ago
  Wow. Seriously, how does that even happen? They hire people without a computer science degree that doesn't know about normalization? I don't have any experience with that so I'm actually curious as to how it happens, if you know, and have had experience with that.
  • CRConrad 4y ago
    As mentioned above, FAANG is only five companies, so the overwhelming majority of companies are not FAANG-scale. And down at the opposite end of the scale, yes of course there are lots -- literally millions, across the world -- of companies that don't have anyone with a computer science degree employed, so the owner (or his brother-in-law's 16-year-old "computer whiz" nephew) built any database they may have.
    • tabtab 4y ago
      Managers often don't understand the value of good DBA's and/or schema designers. They focus on the UI first, assuming if it ain't visible it ain't important.
      • CRConrad 4y ago
        Hi Bryce, long time no see! :-)