IT geeks, help me out...

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ok, make me feel like a big fat dummie here. i know it's been a long time since i searched for a job, but...

i'm looking for jobs involving data management with access or sql server, and it keeps asking for SAS, whatever that is.

what the heck is SAS Database? i am being totally stupid, or is it another name for something i already know, or has the IT technology really changed that much in the year and a half i've been out of it?

there's nothing like looking for a job to make you feel totally stupid and incompetent...

― kate, Wednesday, 4 December 2002 13:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I've need heard of it until you mentioned it, but it appears to be a brand name: SAS. You can find out what SAS stands for here. Good luck with the job hunt.

― Alfie (Alfie), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 13:39 (twenty-three years ago)

"I've need" == "I'd never", obv

― Alfie (Alfie), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 13:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Its Statistical Analysis System, A statistical and matrix handling language with PL/I-like syntax.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 13:41 (twenty-three years ago)

good god, looks complicated. anything that claims to be not a software, not a language, but a way of life... yeurgh. wonder if it's worth getting proper training in it, or if i can just pick it up from a book and a few hours on the job like i've done with every other technical programming skill i've ever needed...

― kate, Wednesday, 4 December 2002 13:47 (twenty-three years ago)

They've got some tutorials on their site. Yeurgh indeed.

― Alfie (Alfie), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 13:57 (twenty-three years ago)

It stands for Simpleton American Suckeroffeet. Its dirty.

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 14:11 (twenty-three years ago)

it doesn't actually look that difficult. looks kinda like a cleaned-up, more programmer friendly version of sql server... mind you, i'm only half way through the tutorial...

― kate, Wednesday, 4 December 2002 14:56 (twenty-three years ago)

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