u/leogodin217

I enjoy this sub but it feels like most posts are the same. "I created tutorial/course/practice/etc." Or "how do I learn/practice/projects/etc." It's good. A really active sub.

What I'd love to know, is what do people who are learning SQL want? For instance, I've taken a different approach. Over the past year I've worked on tooling to make creating courses and practicing more efficient. Other's have worked on more scenario-based learning (always a good idea). Some have gamified learning and that's a lot of fun.

My real question is for those of you learning or teaching. What is missing? Is there something you wish you had that doesn't exist?

In my perfect world, learning SQL would feel more like working in a business environment. Large, complex data warehouses, where you learn the data and SQL over time. Lot's of problem solving and judgement when there is ambiguity. Something that feels more like doing real work.

Would having more tools available to make it easier to create courses, practice, etc. be useful? Would having more realistic environments to learn in be useful? Is it something else completely? In short. What's missing?

Finally got a chance to catch the Odd Fellows breakfast I heard about on this sub. Food was really good. Friendly people running it and I even met a fellow Redditer. Add in a challenging hike on Bald Mountain Loop and I'd call it a great morning.

I get that "You are a super duper expert product manager who scales companies 10X" works against you, but I see a lot of comments where people say role identities should be avoided altogether. "It only makes it worse". "It will be more confidently wrong." etc.

While I agree about the super duper and expert parts, role identity can definitely shape output. Start two sessions with "You are the software architect" and "You are the product owner". Then ask each one to design a feature. The output will likely be very different. The first will design it from a technical perspective and the second from a functionality perspective. Then create one without a role. You will probably get a third and very different output.

I still use roles for specific purposes and it seems to make a big difference. Am I missing something? My processes have a template for features and a description of what a good feature contains and doesn't contain, but setting the role up front still shapes the output.

Any thoughts?