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DaveJ

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8. Meanwhile, I'm waiting for old schoolers to realize "SQL Proficiency" isn't necessary.
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 07:37 PM
Apr 2013

I love how LINQ is integrated with the logic of .Net code, and I suspect it optimizes the queries, which is better than letting programmers get dirty hands on SQL.

Nevertheless, a lot of jobs still want to evaluate candidates by having them write SQL Queries. I love telling headhunters I don't do SQL during interviews -- any place that expects that probably is not a good fit for me. Of course that's why I never hear from them again. But it's still fun to say. And I know I'm just ahead of my time and that maybe I'll someday work with others with like minds.

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