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Yeah I get that you have to tweak canonical algorithms to suit the current problem but I am thinking more about developing algo for open problems or improving the performance at research level. Also, are algorithms beyond basic ones like shortest path, a* search and network flow are ever needed in real world situations? They all seem done and dusted pretty much.

exactly, seems graph db just help reduce verbosity of sql query if cypher or something else is used.

yeah but as a novice dev I have never come across a job listing that needed a graph db expertise of any kind, there are tons that need nosql though, along with traditional rdbms of course, why is that?

yeah, I see these examples a lot so safe to say its niche and used by large banks, feds etc and not everyday businesses?