I am not sure about that. SQL is a tool just like many others and has its pros and cons. I prefer raw SQL when it comes to troubleshooting stuff or running adho

I am not sure about that. SQL is a tool just like many others and has its pros and cons. I prefer raw SQL when it comes to troubleshooting stuff or running adhoc queries. Nothing is faster/efficient for me than opening up an editor and firing that SQL query, dumping out the csv and emailing it back to my user. If your work involves lot of troubleshooting, adhoc querying etc, SQL is a life saver when it comes to relational databases. I don't want to spend time writing a python code with ORM to do these kinds of queries.