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I always found SQL to be a weird land of made up BS. But honestly this course broke it down and made it pretty approachable, and I feel like I have better understanding of databases now.
Trindon Woolsey
United States
Learn SQL
Fun and engaging.
Oli -Cook
Canada
Learn to Code in Python
I found this course easy to follow, informative and interactive in the right way to help learn the concepts.
Coby Clarke
Canada
Learn to Code in Python
I enjoyed the progression of the lessons, but the chapters would benefit from additional practical examples to reinforce the concepts.
Jhojan Andres Lerma Achoma
Peru
Learn Go
It was great and challenging
Philipp Zybala
Germany
Learn to Code in Python
a fun one
Mark Andre Riebesel
Hamburg,Germany
Learn Go
This course was a great series of lessons to get me an overview of what to expect in later courses. While I have a book to help supplement verbiage and understand other coding concepts better, the course on its own helped me understand a lot of what I was getting into.
John Douthirt
United States
Learn to Code in Python
Feels like a great place to start picking up the language with enough hands-on practices to reinforce new concepts while giving the occasional challenge that may take a bit to really puzzle through.
Chad Jordan
United States
Learn to Code in Python
great intro into SQL- I took lots of notes and they will serve me well!
Kyle Chermak
United States
Learn SQL
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$175,000
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$165,000
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$165,000
Data Engineer
$150,000
Frontend Developer
$145,000
Data Analyst
$100,956
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If you like working with data, logic, and servers, you might just enjoy the back-end, data-focused curriculum here on Boot.dev. And similar to the frontend, most data and backend positions don't require a specific degree from a university... but you do need to know your stuff!
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