You're correct there. The closest I got was when I started creating MS Access databases for various things while I worked for the records management firm. I was the vendor contact / supply orderer and my predecessor kept his information in spreadsheets. I decided to try my hand at database development and put the information in a couple of Access DBs.

They certainly weren't the greatest, but they worked. And I learned 2 lessons. 1) What relational databases really are and 2) I really didn't have a clue about database design. @=)