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jadelantern
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2011-04-13 : 19:15:15
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| I dont have a direct SQL question more about what im seeing on the forums. Ive been working with SQL since November, and i have learned a LOT and was feeling pretty good about my progress until I came to the forums today, and was looking in the beginner forums.Im "Really" hoping to grow and start on a career in SQL and want to really take off with it and use it on a high level, but coming here and looking at a lot of scripts that are considered Beginner or easy and im like !!"OMG"!! I have no fricken' idea what that does!I mean if a lot of people here are beginners then that is a title I can't even begin to give myself yet and im starting to wonder what the heck i need to do to just get to Beginner level? What the heck am I doing wrong? |
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Skorch
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
300 Posts |
Posted - 2011-04-13 : 19:22:51
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| A beginner in SQL is a subjective term.. I've been working with SQL for over 4 years and still consider myself a beginner in many aspects. What you can do to improve your skills is follow the forums, take real-world problems that people post about and see if you can come up with a solution on your own. Compare your results with what others post, and you'll see that you'll be learning tons of new tricks and ways to solve all kinds of issues. And as always, google is your friend.Some days you're the dog, and some days you're the fire hydrant. |
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jcelko
Esteemed SQL Purist
547 Posts |
Posted - 2011-04-13 : 21:02:01
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| My estimate is that it takes one year or more of full time SQL programming and a lot of studying (set theory, Relatioanl DB, data modeling, and ANSI/ISO Standards) to get to be useful as an employee.--CELKO--Books in Celko Series for Morgan-Kaufmann PublishingAnalytics and OLAP in SQLData and Databases: Concepts in Practice Data, Measurements and Standards in SQLSQL for SmartiesSQL Programming Style SQL Puzzles and Answers Thinking in SetsTrees and Hierarchies in SQL |
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What Am I doing wrong here?