Agreed. That said, I know SQL well enough so was open to an ORM the company was using. My problem with ORMs, at least the ones I've used, is that they seem to

Agreed. That said, I know SQL well enough so was open to an ORM the company was using. My problem with ORMs, at least the ones I've used, is that they seem to be kid gloves for people afraid of SQL rather than some time saving or optimizing option. Often the code was longer, harder to read and reason about, and less performant when using an ORM vs inline SQL.