I work for a big organization, and the amount of "wow, you're a data wizard!" comments I get for generating combined keys inside disparate databases and then merging them in Excel is insane.
It's making me think that anyone who is not well-versed in at least the basics of database theory is crippled in the information economy. A lot of "tool-based" problems that people complain about are in fact user problems, when certain teams aren't maintaining their data with clear identifiers or internal standards.
It's making me think that anyone who is not well-versed in at least the basics of database theory is crippled in the information economy. A lot of "tool-based" problems that people complain about are in fact user problems, when certain teams aren't maintaining their data with clear identifiers or internal standards.