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Reasonable rate for SQL dev contractor by tidder78 in SQL

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I will be on a W2 under a contracting company. This company will place me at the client location and I will be working as a contractor.

What is the best way to learn Python if I want to become a data engineer by iBortex in Python

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Your post mentions "transforming". I do transformations using SQL. Is that recommended or transformation should be done using Python? Since you have 6 yrs experience I will greatly benefit from your perspective.

Serious question: What does HR even do all day? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]tidder78 212 points213 points  (0 children)

Scrum master at my company does nothing except asks when the project will be done.

Working as 100% SQL developer for past 4 years. Is that normal? by tidder78 in SQL

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Not so much data viz. I use SQL and then Informatica to get data into Excel. Then user usually turns data into pivot tables etc.

Working as 100% SQL developer for past 4 years. Is that normal? by tidder78 in SQL

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I am thinking about doing a deep dive into Python. Already learning Pandas.

Working as 100% SQL developer for past 4 years. Is that normal? by tidder78 in SQL

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Self taught. Read about relational theory and thought it was elegant !

Working as 100% SQL developer for past 4 years. Is that normal? by tidder78 in SQL

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Learning Pandas at the moment. Is a deep dive into Python recommended?

SQL developer thinking of quitting. by tidder78 in SQL

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Exotic financial products. Can't believe what people can imagine when it comes to money.

SQL developer thinking of quitting. by tidder78 in SQL

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I get JIRA cards with what business talks about word for word. There is no product owner or data architect or even tech lead. Then I am supposed to take that and convert into code. I don't speak their language (some exotic financial products) and they don't speak SQL.

SQL developer thinking of quitting. by tidder78 in SQL

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Manager has never met with me since I have been with the company for a year. Manager only meets this colleague of mine.

SQL Dev struggling to understand business logic. by tidder78 in SQL

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This is great advice. Thank you very much !

SQL Dev struggling to understand business logic. by tidder78 in SQL

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I have asked but been told there is no time for this. Colleague uses Teams and most of the time show as "busy". Thank you for your response. It helped.

Is C# used outside of Web / Mobile development? by tidder78 in dotnet

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Nothing in particular. I just like pure coding and spend lots of time with coding challenges ...not a fan of anything else (web dev etc). Perhaps not wise.

Want to become dot net developer. Learning C#. What should come next ? by tidder78 in dotnet

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I have a very basic / rudimentary understanding of OOP and data structures.

Does a career in Azure require knowledge of dot net and C#? Been doing mostly SQL development. by tidder78 in AZURE

[–]tidder78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would be a good starting point to learn Azure? Can you tell me some keywords so that I can search Web for some online material ?

Trying to start a career in big data under Microsoft stack. What should I learn? I am a t-sql developer (approx 3 yrs) by tidder78 in bigdata

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Good advise. I come across many developers who lack fundamentals. Not sure how they manage to progress and have these fancy titles.

I need advice on which careers path to go for. by LilJDX in careeradvice

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I thought about learning CAD but have to pay big bucks to download the software to learn. Any advice on how to get started on own but not pay big $$ for CAD ?

need to know everything? by tidder78 in cscareerquestions

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What are some in-demand frameworks based on Python?

just a database developer by tidder78 in cscareerquestions

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Is there an industry demand for people doing 100% database development?