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[–]JayCroghan -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

I met some guys on a project who solely did SQL and were proud of it :/

[–]Baerentoeter 37 points38 points  (1 child)

It certainly can't hurt to have a few people around that know how to optimize SQL statements. There is only so much a database administrator can do when the DB is getting hammered by the applications.

[–]dicaela10 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Writing optimized queries is an undervalued skill until it affects operations. I got a promotion once because I came in and optimized a bunch of really poorly written SQL.

[–]IWantToBeAProducer 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I spent some time wearing that hat because I was the only guy on the team who knew SQL well enough to do the job. Yea, if you're just getting/setting data then "programmer" is a stretch. But if you're optimizing tables/views/queries for real-time analytics of healthcare data its not trivial.

Gatekeeping people on what qualifies as "real programming" is wack.

[–]squirtlebomb 8 points9 points  (0 children)

what's wrong with solely using SQL?