I’ve been job hunting for a few months now, and I’m seeing more and more finance roles asking for SQL or Python. I’m solid on Excel, and I’ve always leaned more toward business strategy and financial storytelling than data engineering. But now I’m wondering if I need to pivot hard into upskilling. Would you double down on strategy or start learning to code?

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Diving into SQL or Python will be a huge boost. You don’t need to be an expert, but knowing your way around isn’t going to hurt. Even if you don’t want to be a data engineer or anything, having a basic understanding is a good skill to have.

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Learn to code. Finance is basically becoming tech with a P&L. If you can’t speak data, you’ll be stuck in the slow lane.

Take the Google Data Analytics course. It was the resume booster for me that got me my position. They have sql, r , and advanced excel. Good luck getting by in this job market

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