I was excited to do it and I really liked it. Even though I wasn’t a beginner in SQL I learned a lot, and it was immediately useful.
The lessons were well formulated - short and concise. They were the perfect length. We’re all busy and have little time — and this was the right format with this in mind.
To create new SQL queries I used to piece together and repurpose existing ones. I now feel empowered to write clean queries from scratch.
In terms of using Mode, I feel way more confident in general. I’m better at combining tables when creating a report and I’m better at displaying information.
I’m quicker at making reports, not least because I can now format them better. I’m also saving other people’s time when they view them. It’s a double time saving!
As well as creating reports, I’ve used SQL to fix bugs. We had a problem where stuff wasn’t showing as expected on the back end - data was missing. With the new SQL skills I learned I was able to write a pretty meaty query, find the source of the problem, and fix it.
Having that friendly technical colleague by your side at all times isn’t cheap! But our software allocates their time in a way that makes it 10X more cost-effective than if it was all offline.