Where's a good place online to learn/review tech?

I'm job hunting. Some of the analyst positions I've seen require additional training (and definitely review). I'm looking at Power BI and SQL as examples. Are there any good platforms that don't cost a lot where I can learn and review these things?

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Like code review? Or what

Uglyface2 posted...

I'm job hunting. Some of the analyst positions I've seen require additional training (and definitely review). I'm looking at Power BI and SQL as examples. Are there any good platforms that don't cost a lot where I can learn and review these things?

I learned enough to get hired as a BI Developer from hammering a free trial of SQL on Codeacademy. I'd been working with data in Excel and had been on the customer side of Power BI for a while so I had other experience but the career module on there covered WAY more than the work I've done in my BI developer job.

The analyst stuff, idk man pick up Excel and make sure you know how to use tables and a bit of power query. the education out there is super rough for it because Excel has developed so much since 2016 but if they tell you you need SQL or PowerBI to do the analysis they're lying to you

Steiner posted...

I learned enough to get hired as a BI Developer from hammering a free trial of SQL on Codeacademy. I'd been working with data in Excel and had been on the customer side of Power BI for a while so I had other experience but the career module on there covered WAY more than the work I've done in my BI developer job.

The analyst stuff, idk man pick up Excel and make sure you know how to use tables and a bit of power query. the education out there is super rough for it because Excel has developed so much since 2016 but if they tell you you need SQL or PowerBI to do the analysis they're lying to you

Thanks! I'll look into this.

Today's interview didn't go well. The recruiter mentioned Power BI and SQL specifically, and since I'm not working, I figured that I could shore up my skills by at least knowing what I'm doing. I used SQL in my last role, but I wasn't the one doing the heavy lifting with it.

Power BI: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/get-started-with-power-bi/

SQL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/get-data/ (Microsoft centric though)

Check pricing for LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda. And theres some great stuff on Udemy.

I like LinkedIn Learning for this kind of stuff - they're pretty thorough when it comes to teaching you how to use specific software. Coursera is also a really great option - I'd recommend that one more for SQL.