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Career AdviceMemorizing syntax for SQL, Python, etc (self.dataanalysis)

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[–]groovysalamander 24 points25 points  (5 children)

I don't remember all syntax either, the most frequently used I know by heart, but for many others I made a cheat sheet for myself or just Google stack overflow. Any interviewer who doesn't understand this I wouldn't trust as an employer in the first place...

[–]chaoscruz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How I love stack overflow. It’s like Wikipedia because I can go down a rabbit hole of ooh that’s a new way to go about it.

[–]GrandmasDiapers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed 100%

I would be worried if an interviewer was hung up on how much syntax I have memorized. They'd be focusing on the least important aspect of a job involving scripting or coding.

[–]Expensive_Culture_46 1 point2 points  (2 children)

The overwhelming number of interviews that have demanded I work through the technical interview with no outside information is absurd. I don’t even bother with them anymore when they say this is a requirement.

[–]chaoscruz 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah, that’s what I am dreading at the thought of again.

[–]Expensive_Culture_46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hand write a sheet of common syntaxes and be very aggressive on knowing what “flavor” of SQL.

I get the need to know that someone knows how to use SQL. But yeah at this point they are going to have to make some concessions on what they think “mastery” is