5 Portfolio-Worthy SQL Project Ideas for Beginners

Ideas to help you create projects that will wow future employers.

This story is intended to be a resource to help you brainstorm, conceptualize and execute SQL-oriented professional samples. Download a PDF here if you’d like to revisit the list or attempt any of these projects later.

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After plowing through a full Udemy course load, updating your LinkedIn certifications and finally understanding what C-T-E stands for, you will inevitably start searching for ways to display your work.

It’s time to create a SQL project but, like many a high school project, you’re not sure where to begin.

If you’re learning SQL for data science, you’ve likely picked up on the fact that data science projects, like the algorithms that power them, follow a certain formula.

And when it comes to data science or language-specific projects like Python, you’d strain your eyes reading the thousands of articles offering suggestions.

If you want to see what I mean, you can read a recent story I wrote about coming up with data science project ideas.

But, frustratingly, less has been written about SQL project ideation.