SQL Certification and Career Roadmap: Data Analyst Path

Practice SQL Queries on Sample Dataset

Write SQL queries to find the top 5 customers by purchase amount in the last year.

Expected output: A list of top 5 customers with their total purchase amounts.

Hint: Use GROUP BY, SUM, and ORDER BY clauses.

Create a Data Analysis Project

Analyze a public dataset and prepare a report with SQL queries and visualizations.

Expected output: A project report with SQL code snippets and charts.

Hint: Choose a dataset related to your interests and use SQL for data extraction.

SQL allows data analysts to efficiently query, manipulate, and extract insights from relational databases, which are common data sources.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals is a good beginner-friendly certification covering SQL basics and cloud data concepts.

By working on real or simulated datasets to demonstrate data cleaning, analysis, visualization, and storytelling skills.