John Carmack: From a DM, just in case anyone else needs to hear this

Re:John Carmack: From a DM, just in case anyone else needs t... by ozim on Monday March 20, 2023 @07:38PM (#35240457)

Seems like that’s my point making excel calculations correctly is at least as hard as doing calculations with SQL.

If you get experienced db guy to do excel I bet he will do it correctly.

If you get “data jockey”, whatever tool he gets it will be a mess.

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Re:John Carmack: From a DM, just in case anyone else needs t... by gregjor on Monday March 20, 2023 @11:11PM (#35242106)

Maybe I’m misreading, but “not much harder than” implies SQL and Excel aren’t that hard to learn. “At least as hard as” implies both are similarly difficult.

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Re:John Carmack: From a DM, just in case anyone else needs t... by ozim on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @05:14PM (#35252675)

I would say that yes they are similarly difficult.

Getting basic queries or basic calculations in spreadsheet a person can learn in couple hours.

Somewhere after that comes zone "proficient enough to shoot himself in the foot".

Then there is level of excel or SQL where without months of experience you simply don't know what is happening.

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