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Partly. Not because SQL isn't working technologically, but because the hardest part is figuring out what to ask and how and gpt can figure out the how while hav
by cmehdy 3y ago
Partly. Not because SQL isn't working technologically, but because the hardest part is figuring out what to ask and how and gpt can figure out the how while having a discussion with you about the what and giving you examples dynamically. If I just need natural language to try things dynamically across tables and I can have a discussion faster than I can google specific stackoverflow issues, I'll pick the bot. It might be confidently wrong but my colleagues do that too, often enough. The difference is that it takes 3 minutes instead of two hours, and no Teams call where you have to appease egos.
If you're just really good at SQL and you craft amazing requests or figure out schemas from business needs, you probably have a bit more time to enjoy being the go-to SQL person. Probably less and less as the simpler needs will be increasingly covered, leaving a niche of expert until major advances would happen to AI (unpredictable).