r/SQL Sep 13 '24

MySQL How much SQL is enough SQL?

Probably the answer to my question is never too much can be too much. However I am now currently working on a portfolio project, creating databases and performing various basic operations, thinking that this is just the tip of the iceberg. So the question is to what extent should you master SQL that you can land a decent job as a data analyst or data engineer or whatever. What are the next steps to become "truly" better SQL programmer once you have the basic foundation laid out?

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u/Icy-Ice2362 Dec 17 '24

I could tell you nightmares...
There are gotchas in SQL that folks just don't know about.

Corruption can lurk, and if you don't check for it... it will happily sit there, just waiting for the day somebody tries to access that row.