7 essential SQL skills that can help you command a higher paycheck

If you’re serious about programming, we've got one word for you: databases.

Databases and languages that are used to communicate with databases, like SQL, can handle significantly more data than spreadsheets and manage the back-end of most modern-day web applications. It's like switching from a Honda Civic to a Ferrari. It's faster, sleeker, and can handle whatever you throw at it.

So if you want a lucrative programming career (even the lowest paid SQL developers make upwards of $60,000 a year), it’s imperative that you learn a database programming language like SQL. But where do you start? Read more...