RE: Is learning Python/R an advantage for SQL Server Developers? Need an expert advice.

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January 24, 2018 at 12:51 pm

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GroverVivek - Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:50 AM
Hello Guys,
Is it time for SQL Server Developers to start learning R/Python to excel in their career? Expert advice needed.

Heh... yes... but only if they actually know T-SQL very well first. 😉 Many people fall way short in that area and then resort to other things to try to make up for their lack of knowledge in T-SQL because they frequently don't even know IF T-SQL is capable of doing something.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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