The Mark of the SQL'er

Years ago, I traveled to France but did not speak French. On the plane over I thought I could learn enough to get by. In a way learning sql was like that. I understood it but it was the details that got in the way. I spent a lot of time troubleshooting syntax from database I'm developing, sometimes it was missing comma or an inverted letter, other times it was more. I spent a very very long time looking at it, trying to get it to perform. When there was a problem back to the videos or my notes or a tutorial. When it worked it was like magic.