POV: BECOMING A DATA ENGINEER WITHOUT A DEGREE

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The video taps into the popular 'career change without a degree' narrative, offering a relatable and aspirational journey. The creator's vulnerability about their initial lack of knowledge and subsequent progress, combined with clear learning steps, makes the content engaging and shareable.

Summary

The creator documents their journey to becoming a data engineer without a degree, starting with advanced SQL in week one. They share their initial struggles with SQL, how they learned from resources like Datacamp, and began building automated data processes. The video highlights their progress and sets the stage for learning Python in the following week.

Structure

1Introduction to the journey
2Realizing initial SQL knowledge was insufficient
3Learning advanced SQL and database concepts
4Building automated data processes

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Can I do it…? #dayinthelife #9to5life #dataanalyst #careerjourney #dataengineer

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POV: BECOMING A DATA ENGINEER WITHOUT A DEGREE (WEEK 1 ADVANCED SQL) Datacamp - Paid ALEX THE ANALYST - Free Become a Data Analyst Faster New Videos Every Week

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I'm a 30-year-old dad and I never went to college. So today is week one of learning something new every single week until I become a data engineer. Three years ago when I thought I was good at SQL, I really had no idea what I was doing. I had just become a data analyst and I thought I understood absolutely everything. HA HA. No, I did not. At the time, there was an engineer on another team that knew I was interested in doing this. So he showed me a snippet of his advanced SQL and it broke my heart. I wasn't even remotely close to this yet. So I dove into learning advanced techniques with these resources here. Then eventually started learning how different databases actually worked. DB2, MySQL, Postgre SQL, SQL server, Snowflake. There was a lot to learn and while I was doing all that, I was still trying to learn Python. But we'll talk about that in week two. Because with this, a whole new world of projects. I started building procedures in SQL server that could handle data cleansing, data intake, and reporting automatically. Then after a year of this, my SQL was starting to look like this instead of looking like this. And eventually I combined all this SQL with power automate using robotic process automation to automate things like data entry. I realized I wasn't just learning SQL anymore. I was starting to build real things. I had no idea that I was scratching the surface. Because I was about to experience a whole new world with Python, but we will talk about that in week two. I have no idea how many weeks this is going to take, but make sure you follow along. Let's see if I can become a data engineer.