Learning SQL

El_Rey

Stenwold said:

El_Rey said:

Thanks for all of the advice. I will hold off on paying for the Udemy course and see what free resources I can find to assess my levels of interest and aptitude. 

Also, never pay full price for a Udemy course - they have special offers on most courses every couple of months.

I have noticed that. The course prices seem to fluctuate from day to day. Have you done any of their courses and found them useful? 

Stenwold

El_Rey said:

Stenwold said:

El_Rey said:

Thanks for all of the advice. I will hold off on paying for the Udemy course and see what free resources I can find to assess my levels of interest and aptitude. 

Also, never pay full price for a Udemy course - they have special offers on most courses every couple of months.

I have noticed that. The course prices seem to fluctuate from day to day. Have you done any of their courses and found them useful? 

I paid for a few courses on a whim a couple of months ago, SQL being one of them, but I haven't actually got round to starting them yet.

K_S

El_Rey said:

I am interested in learning SQL from scratch and have seen an Udemy course for a reasonable price. Would this be the best way to learn it given I have no prior knowledge? 

@el_rey If you're really interested in data analysis and looking to make a career out of it, you can have a look at the government funded digital bootcamps 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/find-a-skills-bootcamp/list-of-skills-bootcamps#digital

They're structured in different ways depending on the provider (but most are run remotely) so you'll have to see if they can be done alongside your job.

They're absolutely free to the attendees, assume no previous knowledge and the eligibility criteria is very broad. Given the situation with government finances, you don't know long these will continue to be offered so make use of them while you can.

An acquaintance managed to land an entry level role at Capgemini after attending one, though he is quite a motivated fella.

Duk

Use Khan Academy, Completely Free

https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/sql#sql-basics

Megaross

Weske432 said:

Does someone learn the Postgres?

It's becoming more common in industry, we use a fair amount of open source stuff. All the databases for my main offering are postgres 

My advice for anyone looking to get into tech is self teach - youtube, online courses, books. Then look to get involved in some open source projects and basically demonstrate the interest in tech.

All while applying for roles which will get your foot in the door - if you can utilise it in your current role do it. Skunkworks, just create something useful then tell them - that's how I got into tech, I automated my own job.

No one I've encountered in tech honestly cares a great deal about qualifications. It's more about your ability to get in and learn the job, and do it well.

Duk

Weske432 said:

Does someone learn the Postgres?

Postgres is still an SQL DB, it's just a little different, and faster at some applications but has cons also. Same as SQL vs NoSQL databases like MongoDB.  

El_Rey

K_S said:

El_Rey said:

I am interested in learning SQL from scratch and have seen an Udemy course for a reasonable price. Would this be the best way to learn it given I have no prior knowledge? 

@el_rey If you're really interested in data analysis and looking to make a career out of it, you can have a look at the government funded digital bootcamps 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/find-a-skills-bootcamp/list-of-skills-bootcamps#digital

They're structured in different ways depending on the provider (but most are run remotely) so you'll have to see if they can be done alongside your job.

They're absolutely free to the attendees, assume no previous knowledge and the eligibility criteria is very broad. Given the situation with government finances, you don't know long these will continue to be offered so make use of them while you can.

An acquaintance managed to land an entry level role at Capgemini after attending one, though he is quite a motivated fella.

Those Bootcamp courses sound ideal. I will definitely look into those more. I am surprised at the variety of courses on offer.