I just started my new Job as a Jr.Data Analyst in March, I am still learning on the job and want to also master a few tools such as SQL and Tableau. The difficult part of the situation is we don’t really use those tools on our current project, plus I am now receiving interest from other companies offering to pay a higher salary. I am skilled at Excel but I am worried about taking the risk to leave my full time for a contract position that might not work out if they need more skills on the job.

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I would give yourself 6 months at your current gig to teach yourself skills like sql (there are free options to do so) and then re-evaluate

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Sounds like a great plan, thank you!

Anything you can do in excel tableau and sql can do exponentially faster and more accurately (because you don’t need to repull the data into excel every time you need new data). I’d say start with tableau and how to build pivot tables and then work your way into charts. Then sql should come pretty easily because Tableau is just running straight up SQL on the backend for every visual you build

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I'm not sure the question here, but I'll try to address two things

1. If someone is willing to hire you, they believe you have the ability to do the job, so don't doubt yourself

2. You can learn SQL and Tableau pretty easily on the side, and once you know it you might find uses for it in your current projects

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Understood, thank you!

The other thing to consider with contract positions is higher taxes and usually less benefits. I would take that into consideration when you are factoring out the compensation

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Just remember: research says you need to do something for 10,000 hours to master it. Maybe aim lower? As in, you want to be great at a few tools.

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