Like others said: sql, sql, sql. The syntax is probably easier than excel, but a lot of people stink at it because they don’t want to invest in the spatial reasoning required to make it work magic, and that opens doors to easy opportunity.

If you can get into a position like reporting or data quality, and be “that person” that fixes a dreaded slow query to make it run in milliseconds instead of minutes, then you’ll get your proverbial blank check to go where you want. Those queries exist in just about every business.

Take a look around for “sql portfolio projects” for more complete stuff that goes beyond tutorials.

I did research computation for the statistics department, engineering school and medical school. The pay stunk but I got a fac & staff parking permit out of it. And the projects were extremely exciting.

Thought I might follow up since I had an interview today - I never stop interviewing - and was asked about duration. My off-the-cuff response was “if a company invests in its employees, offers growth and promotes internally, then I will work for a place longer. If it does not and only offers a dead-end role with no appreciable growth, then I will look for that opportunity elsewhere.”

18 months is the Holmes limit at Bank of America and Wells Fargo - they terminate you and let you know when you start that it’s going to happen. It’s normal in fintech. But don’t change without a funded and secured offer.

It’s worth doing it. There’s a LOT of ground to cover beyond lambda, ec2 and s3 and they pretty much hand you a bunch of best-fit cookie cutter solutions as part of the training. There’s a number of recommended paid training courses but the official courses are free and can at least lay foundational knowledge.

Right-clicking and inspecting the end of it is interesting. It’s like html waltz

h3> font > font > h3 > font > font > h3 > font > font > h3 > font > font > h3> font > font

center > font > font.

A more honest code test:

interviewer: “see if you can get this project my nephew made in high school to run”

job: getting the next project their nephew made in high school to run

PREFERRED:

• PhD in quantum cryptography
• 3 years of janitorial services experience
• Proof of current therapist

Historical note: the golden age of crazy uncle email forwards made me completely reject capitalized sql statements

[init]
defaultBranch = chaos

Nope, it’s all light theme with comic sans and small caps for me