Absolutely. But optimizing for the long term (and it doesn&#x27;t seem like SQL is going to disappear any time soon) is not a failure either :)<p>If a newbie asked me whether to learn MySQL&#x2F;PostgreSQL, or MongoDB, I&#x27;d absolutely say *SQL. Yeah, it&#x27;s not as straightforward as MongoDB. It&#x27;s not intuitive for many. But this knowledge will still be useful a year, or 5 years later. Finding a job will be easier too. So, yeah, it could be better, but it&#x27;s still a good, safe choice.