[llamataboot]

Look, I think most companies put too many skills on their wishlist. And if, in fact, you weren't actually going to be using SQL too much, but using ActiveRecord all the time, maybe it is acceptable to say "Well, I actually don't know how to do that in SQL, but here's how I'd do it in ActiveRecord (do it correctly) and here's how you examine the SQL that ActiveRecord is generating, and I'm happy to study SQL and the guts of ActiveRecord if we need to do a lot of complex queries..." and okay, you made your case. But if the job requires SQL experience and you don't know how to do a basic join? Sorry, not gonna be a good fit. I mean, employers need to ask for some specific skills!