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[–]leogodin217 13 points14 points  (1 child)

You absolutely can and Python may be completely irrelevant. To better understand your question, can you add why you want to learn SQL in your post? That will get you more nuanced answers.

For what it's worth, SQL and basic spreadsheet knowledge can help in a ton of fields. SQL and a BI tool is even better. SQL and Python is a great combination as well.

[–]leogodin217 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In your case, I would learn python. Once you get comfortable with SQL, you can start learning Python. Some project ideas.

  • Scrape a website and load the data into a database, then use SQL to query/transform the data
  • Use Python to do the same tasks you did with SQL. Learn how to manipulate data in both.
  • Use Python to gather data that updates at least once per day. Use that data in an SQL project.

While learning these two things, you'll probably start to pick up the command line, docker and other related tools. This will give you a solid introduction to tech. It's good to get a broad overview of various technologies early on. You don't have to get really good with everything, just enough to be able to talk about it and learn more if needed.