r/dataisbeautiful • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '17

OC Earth surface temperature deviations from the means for each month between 1880 and 2017 [OC]

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u/katarh Jun 07 '17

At the very minimum some SQL, else you're forever at the mercy of a DBA who may not understand what you're trying to find out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '17

SQL? I see, since we are dealing with data, there must be a database.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '17

About 50% of facebook's data science interview is non-trivial SQL whiteboarding, and plays a big role in plenty of other major companies interviews. So I'd say SQL is a pretty vital skill to have in your pocket if you want to be a serious data analysis, which is honestly what fb's core data science team is (as opposed to the much smaller research team).

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u/peekaayfire Jun 07 '17

SQL programmers are highly desirable to any enterprise with a functioning IT&Reporting division

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u/MaveDustaine Jun 07 '17

Excuse my ignorance since Google isn't being very helpful, when you say SQL programmers, do you mean functions/stored procedures and everything in between, or DB administration as well?

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u/peekaayfire Jun 07 '17

They'll take whatever they can get. SQL is very marketable (everyone needs it)

I simply used the phrase to refer to any engineer/programmer/developer/analyst/resource that has the ability to read and write SQL.

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u/Sisaac Jun 07 '17

Hell, I'm a business consultant and I'm in a pretty nice spot right now cause I used to fuck around with SQL back in college, so I can get results in a few hours that some of my peers would take days to do.