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Its funny that the older i get 40 the more it seems like my surrounding doesn't even understand the basics of sql. In my 20s everyone knew sql. It was required
by holoduke 3y ago
Its funny that the older i get 40 the more it seems like my surrounding doesn't even understand the basics of sql. In my 20s everyone knew sql. It was required for almost every job. And it is still very useful knowledge.
Difference between left, right and inner joins is ultra basic. If you dont know that i would be very worried.
- dan-robertson 3y agoThis article is targeted at people using R to analyse data which is probably more as-hoc and not in a sql database. I don’t think the target audience (might include eg scientists who are working with experiment results) should be expected to know SQL, and even if they do, it’s still useful to understand the dplyr functions,
- brodo 3y agoI see more and more people coming out of college (or through apprenticeships) with miserable SQL skills. Relational databases are boring technology, and people want to work with shiny new things. People don't want to learn it, and they rely on ORMs so they don't have to. The result is miserable performance and reimplementing parts of SQL badly in the application itself.