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Wow, this is 2021? Feels like 2014. SQL, getting a new job in 2 weeks, etc.
by rconti 6mo ago
Wow, this is 2021? Feels like 2014. SQL, getting a new job in 2 weeks, etc.
- Xenoamorphous 6mo agoHas SQL somehow become less relevant?
- rjbwork 6mo agoI would argue quite the contrary. NoSQL DBs got through their hype cycle and are now a standard part of stacks, but SQL (especially via Postgres) has re-emerged as the golden standard for the bulk of data needs.
- theshrike79 6mo agoEspecially when companies over-provision their databases. Partially because the jump from cheap-ass to mid-tier is a massive increase in capacity. Then you can offload stuff to the DB engine (as it should be), making everything more efficient, less data going between DB and App layers is good for everyone. Also you get to do cool SQL shit nobody understands and you become invaluable =)
- sjamaan 6mo ago> Also you get to do cool SQL shit nobody understands and you become invaluable =) Goddamn right!
- sgarland 6mo agoUnless your role is DB-specific, at which point people stare at you blankly as you’re raging about B+trees and sort buffers, and then ignore you when you tell them for the Nth time that they should refactor their schema.
- rconti 6mo agoI guess maybe I'm thinking of how the traditional DBA role seems to have significantly declined (at least, from where I sit). Maybe because that work is being pushed to the devs :)
- theeyescanner 6mo agoThe title is going extinct but the work remains...
- Cwizard 6mo agoWhat do you mean? 2021-22 was peak of the employment market. At least here in Europe. To get a job all you had to do was be breathing. It was insanity. SQL was and still is highly relevant. Especially in data related fields.