Re:SQLBolt – Interactive lessons and exercises to learn SQL
by blowski on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:02AM
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I look at it that I spent $100 on this book, and got a $20K payrise. At that order of magnitude, the difference between spending $10 and $100 didn't matter.
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Re:SQLBolt – Interactive lessons and exercises to learn SQL
by wirthjason on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:24AM
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You didn’t get the pay raise because spent $100, you got the pay raise because you spent hours, days, months.
It’s time, not money, you are spending.
Re:SQLBolt – Interactive lessons and exercises to learn SQL
by blacktriangle on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:38AM
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From that point of view the $100 for the book is even less relevant.
Re:SQLBolt – Interactive lessons and exercises to learn SQL
by wirthjason on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:44AM
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I've been looking on brushing up on my SQL lately and have been going through these resources.
- Practical SQL, No Starch Press. ($30)
https://nostarch.com/practicalSQL
- Use The Index Luke ($15)
https://use-the-index-luke.com/
- Database Systems Concepts & Design by Georgia Tech on Udacity (free)
https://www.udacity.com/course/database-systems-concepts-des...
I can easily pay the $100, I cannot easily find more time, especially when there are a bunch of other things I'm spending time on. At a lower price I would likely buy the book "just because".