When does sass become marginally more important than an exam?

[apl pi]

When does sass become marginally more important than an exam?

I'm a 'career changer' in the sense that my company is full and doesn't need any more letters. We don't use SAS, and 'potential' employers (read: currently no available positions) recommended that I use SAS enough ("play with SAS") to get it on my resume.

What do you recommend that I do? I've got 1, almost 2, exams under my belt. I've got the technological background of a programmer, so I don't expect that SAS will be very difficult to learn. Rather, I think it would be overly time consuming to justify without a work-related project.

open to suggestions

[d4vidian]

Are we talking about

sass - impudent or disrespectful back talk: Ex. Both parents refuse to take any sass from their kids.
Or
SAS - Statistical Analysis System

[Johnny Deformed]

Sass is really important, but don't over do it.

[Dr T Non-Fan]

I'm going to guess "SAS":
It's important in places where SAS is used.
Using it yourself to extract your own data for your analysis is a huge plus in hiring. Plus, you can be used to extract data for other people who don't know SAS well enough. Or you can teach them some basics. All very good qualities in a new hire.

[deathfrombelow]

Originally Posted by apl pi

When does sass become marginally more important than an exam?

I'm a 'career changer' in the sense that my company is full and doesn't need any more letters. We don't use SAS, and 'potential' employers (read: currently no available positions) recommended that I use SAS enough ("play with SAS") to get it on my resume.

What do you recommend that I do? I've got 1, almost 2, exams under my belt. I've got the technological background of a programmer, so I don't expect that SAS will be very difficult to learn. Rather, I think it would be overly time consuming to justify without a work-related project.

open to suggestions

Why not just learn how to do everything in APL? My experience is that APL people can never be satisfied with a lesser language or tool.

[Peetie Skunk]

Originally Posted by apl pi

I've got 1, almost 2, exams

almost 2 <> 2. At this point focus on your exams.

[AAABBBCCC]

Youre a sassy fellow.

[apl pi]

haha thanks guys, all great advice. I'll forget it until I'm done with the third exams and pick it up then

[apl pi]

Originally Posted by deathfrombelow

Why not just learn how to do everything in APL? My experience is that APL people can never be satisfied with a lesser language or tool.

Thought about that, but IT insists on 64 bit computers :/

[Enough Exams Already]

Originally Posted by apl pi

When does sass become marginally more important than an exam?

I'm a 'career changer' in the sense that my company is full and doesn't need any more letters. We don't use SAS, and 'potential' employers (read: currently no available positions) recommended that I use SAS enough ("play with SAS") to get it on my resume.

What do you recommend that I do? I've got 1, almost 2, exams under my belt. I've got the technological background of a programmer, so I don't expect that SAS will be very difficult to learn. Rather, I think it would be overly time consuming to justify without a work-related project.

open to suggestions

I use SAS daily. Some parts are fairly straightforward, but SAS has some quirks that make the learning curve steep in a few places. So it does take some practice to get used to. For large data sets, it's useful. For small to mid-sized data sets, SQL is probably a better skill to have.

There used to be a SAS Learning Edition you could buy to learn on, but I don't know if it's still available.