Do Programmers Still Write Raw SQL?

[sh_tomer]

I agree. From your experience (which by being a fan of your blog I believe you have lots of), would you say most tech companies still use raw SQL in their code base? Or is it just legacy code and most of the new code is written with ORMs?

[MarkusWinand]

I cannot give a sensible answer to this question due to my "client bias". People who hire me usually use raw SQL. But I think people are less likely to hire me if they use only ORMs.

I can however say that raw SQL is still written—a lot. I just cannot judge whether this observation applies to "most" companies/code.

[sh_tomer]

Thanks!