SQL School Lives (sort of)

therealbrandonwilson • 8 Jul 2025 •
My client is onboarding a new employee who will be responsible for reporting needs for the compliance department. While he has a background with SQL, he does not have any experience with the primary system. My manager asked if I would get him up to speed using a modified version of my SQL School course, and I will happily oblige. Finally, something interesting instead of the usual boring blurk.
I received his pre-assessment, and he certainly seems to know SQL. That will allow us to breeze through the SQL portions of the training and focus more on the database schema. Typically, the course runs weekly over eight weeks (12 hours), but I am only allotted three two-hour sessions with him. Barring any unusual circumstances, this should be sufficient time.
I'm imagining a way that my client could create a Custom GPT trained on all the database schema documentation that would be an excellent resource, especially for new hires who are learning the database. Having a tool like this would have saved me a lot of time and hassle trying to figure out where the data are stored and how to join tables. Funny, Grammarly thinks the word data is singular. Tsk tsk.
Data is plural pedantic. 😉