Now that we have a feel of what a data analyst does and completed an end-to-end data analysis project, we are ready to move on to the skill.
Did I also mention that this field of data science is extremely broad and deep? Artificial Intelligence(AI) continues to evolve and do many extraordinary things, and this commits us to a lifelong learning journey that should be taken as a marathon, not a sprint.
In this series, you will learn Business Analytics and SQL. Business Analytics is very important to help you understand the foundational concepts which businesses use to develop their products, carry out effective marketing and grow their business.
Look out for courses on Growth Product Management (GPM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). You can gain these skills from many sites, and youtube is a great starting point.
Next, we learn SQL, a structured query language, one of the most powerful tools we need to get our job done. Use your budding inquisitiveness to discover millions of sites where you can gain this skill for free. SQL is very easy to learn but does not recommend jumping in too quickly so as not to be overwhelmed. The course is stratified into Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. Spend as much time as you need on each level and do as many practice problems as you find to make sure the concepts sink in.
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It is very easy to learn SQL but you need to spend lots of time practicing with real-world problems to develop the problem-solving and analytical mindset you need to excel in this field.
Some learning outcomes to keep you in check:
Use SQL to analyze a single table in many different ways
Use SQL joins to combine multiple tables
Use SQL aggregate functions to perform computations
Use subqueries to make your analysis more efficient
Learning and practicing SQL will be one of the most rewarding skills for your toolbox as it is enormously powerful and gives the answer to almost all business questions. So dive right in!