# Why Study Database Principles

> Those who only know how to code are just programmers; **learn databases well, and you can at least make a living**; but for **excellent** engineers, merely **using** databases is far from enough.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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Those who only know how to code are just programmers; **learn databases well, and you can at least make a living**; but for **excellent** engineers, merely **using** databases is far from enough. [**Read more**](https://vonng.com/en/db/why-learn-database/)