Asking questions about the company, tools, processes, and other aspects is the right direction to find out if you want to work at a company.
If your only question is “when do/can I start?”, you have utterly failed the purpose of an interview. Also, before you have finished asking that “question “, it is likely the interviewer has already mentally thrown your resume in the trash.
Some backend libraries let you write SQL queries as they are and deliver them to the database. They still handle making the connection, pooling, etc....
I’m always curious about this particular feature/argument. From the aspect of “i can unit test easier because the interface is abstracted, so I can test with no database.” Great. (though there would be a debate on time saved with tests versus live production efficiency lost on badly formed automatic SQL code)
For anything else, I have to wonder how often applications have actual back-end technologies change to that degree. “How many times in your career did you actually replace MSSQL with Oracle?” Because in 30 years of professional coding for me, it has been never. If you have that big of a change, you are probably changing the core language/version and OS being hosted on, so everything changes.
Researchers used electric stimulation to switch on exact genes involved in regulating insulin. Blood glucose concentrations of model mice returned to normal.
“Sorry, but your credit card declined the monthly charge, we are turning off your insulin until you resolve the payment issue. Customer service hours are …”
Navigating the Complex Landscape of Tech Recruitment: Personal Insights and Open Discussion
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I wish writing SQL queries was more popular than ORMs
Some backend libraries let you write SQL queries as they are and deliver them to the database. They still handle making the connection, pooling, etc....
X has started reversing the throttling on some of the sites, including NYTimes' (twitter.com)
The North America Nebula, NGC7000 (i.imgur.com)
A nebula about 2,500 light years away, this image took about an hour to capture from a Colorado backyard.
NGC6992, Veil Nebula (imgur.com)
The Veil Nebula taken from a Colorado backyard on a Vespera telescope with a dual band filter.
Scientists Control Human DNA with Electricity (www.vice.com)
Researchers used electric stimulation to switch on exact genes involved in regulating insulin. Blood glucose concentrations of model mice returned to normal.
M8, Lagoon Nebula (i.imgur.com)
Taken from a Colorado backyard on a Vespera telescope. About 30 minutes exposure.