Leaning SQL is arguably less dev work over the long run than learning an ORM and then learning how it works so you can fix performance issues.
Yep, there have been extended periods of time where my entire job title might as well have been "ORM remover" because they backed themselves into a corner
Yep, there have been extended periods of time where my entire job title might as well have been "ORM remover" because they backed themselves into a corner