SQL Skills (if Mastered) Will Get You Better Data Science Opportunities

How to take your career to the next level with SQL

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Data is generally complex to analyze, irrespective of what size you’re dealing with. Most data scientists and programmers are constantly looking for ways and tools to minimize bulky long log texts, to make comprehension easier and accurate. Many people think that they only need to upgrade their data skills when they get to national levels — banks, maybe Hollywood, and hopefully the FBI. But the truth is everything that works with a database, and in there lays tons of files and information.

Here is what I’m saying: you buy a burger with cheese at McDonalds, you scan your credit card, you reluctantly submit your ID, and then luckily, you win a free coupon which has the redeem location and expiry date. All the transactions and information gotten from a single purchase all goes down into a database. McDonalds serves 68 million people each day, so you could imagine the amount of data stored, processed, and retrieved.

I see SQL as the language to make your life better. SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It is a domain-specific language used in data science and programming to import, manage, process and modify data arrangements stored in a database. With SQL, you can easily manage a huge…