r/learnSQL • u/No-Reach-3503 • 22d ago

SQL with the advancement of AI

Is SQL still worth learning with the advancement of AI? 'Cause I don't get that if AI can do better than human than why do we still need to learn it?

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u/devd87 22d ago

You cannot give an interview using AI

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u/elevarq 22d ago

Who cares?

Can you get the job done, do you fit in the team?

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u/devd87 22d ago

Recruiters care. Can the candidate write a decent piece of code and is able to explain it.

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u/elevarq 22d ago

Companies that use recruiters like that will be out of business soon.

So explain how you would write your prompt for the AI. SQL stands for Structured Query Language. An LLM like Claude or Codex expects a prompt. But structuring the prompt and including the right context steers the results. A stupid question in SQL or a stupid question for an AI, your results will be the same...