Sarah Krusleski: So what are you doing?
Daniel Salazar: Eh. Databases.
Krusleski: Why?
Salazar: I have a test coming up on Monday.
Krusleski: How long is it?
Salazar: Hopefully less than 10 questions.
Krusleski: You aren’t hoping for a nice 100-word multiple-choice test?
Salazar: No, no, that would be harder. No partial credit.
Krusleski: So why are they making you learn about databases?
Salazar: Because it’s required. It’s actually a big part. Every company needs databases. All businesses need to organize their data. If you get it, and get it well enough, it’s a good place to go. Then again, most companies do have Microsoft Excel, which does the job without hiring a designer, even though Excel is difficult and impossible to figure out. Either way, you need a database designer; someone to make it efficient.
Krusleski: So why doesn’t Excel suffice for business’ needs?
Salazar: Well, it does. It can do everything you need it to do.
Krusleski:‘ So what’s the point of starting a career in databases if people don’t need to hire designers?
Salazar: It’s okay to store the info and access it, but you need the designer to design it efficiently. Otherwise, you have redundancy and inefficiency and that’s just bad.
Krusleski: What’d you think of UH losing to UTEP on Saturday?
Salazar: It blows.
Krusleski: Oh?’
Salazar: Somewhat. We were doing well, and that took us out of the ranking.
Krusleski: See any good movies this fall?
Salazar: I saw 9.
Krusleski: What’d you think of it?
Salazar: I loved it. It was awesome. First of all, the entire idea of stitch-punk is awesome. It was also very steampunk like, and that was great.
