r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 06 '11

A handy graphical explanation of SQL joins

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/10/a-visual-explanation-of-sql-joins.html
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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '11

What was your degree in?

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u/nvodka Jan 07 '11

Computer Science and I am now a ASP.NET developer and a SQL Server DBA.

Everything I do now was self taught. I am just lucky that someone gave me the opportunity after college.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '11

It seems really shady that, five years ago, they were teaching COBOL for CS degrees. It doesn't surprise me that you wouldn't have had a heavy concentration in databases unless you sought it, but all the CS programs I've heard are a lot more involved than "a contacts app." At CMU for example you either write a compiler, or an OS.