Hi! Does anyone have a recommendation for a fairly short, reasonably priced online SQL certification course? Noticing it’s something I need for many of the jobs I’d like to apply for,hoping to bridge the gap asap! Thank you

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I highly recommend Google’s Data Analytics Certification on Coursera. It’s self paced @ $39 a month

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Awesome thank you! I’m seeing lots of google analytics or tableau stuff so that’s super helpful

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Udemy.com has lots of courses for cert prep and many of them go on sale often.

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The mysql for business analysis on udemy is a fairly good one. Most of the challenge is downloading the software haha.

But if you take notes it helps with practical learning of syntax

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Following, I think I'm in the same boat. I have the skills but a certification would help push my resume to the top.

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