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Is Learning Sql Online So Hard?

Is Learning Sql Online So Hard?

Learning new Information Technology (IT) skills is typically thought of as painful because the Study Textbooks used in the Information Technology (IT) industry are usually written by geeks for a geeky, hard-core, technical audience.

This is why one of the challenges facing professionals today is how to overcome the difficulty, complexity or high learning curves typically associated with learning new Information Technology (IT) skills.

Keeping in mind that Sql or Database skills are useful in any industry including financial, insurance, banking or information technology sectors, wouldn’t it be really helpful if learning Sql or databases was made easy?

Sql Boot Camp is the interactive online training course for SQL beginners, advanced database professionals or managers who want a better or more productive online sql learning environment.

Sql Boot Camps Online Training Courses makes learning SQL Query Writing better and easier and here is why:

Are your Sql Courses for Beginners or Advanced Practitioners?

Our Online Sql Courses cover what you need to know about database design, database development, beginner to advanced SQL query writing.

You do not need previous knowledge of Sql or Databases before you enroll in our Sql Courses because you will be taught the concepts in a step-by-step, easy to understand,beginner to advanced level fashion.

The Sql Courses managed by our online learning management environment (LMS) are presented in such a way that you only learn an advanced-level course after you are taught and tested on the fundamentals of the preceding Sql Courses.

For example, you won’t get to learn subqueries until you have learnt the basics of INNER JOINS / OUTER JOINS and other SQL fundamentals.

And you won’t be tasked with developing a database until you have mastered relational database principles like Normalization, Referential Integrity or Entities.

How Do You Teach Your Online Sql Courses?

However, we teach our Sql Courses using Videos and not textbooks.

Videos are definitely easier to understand keeping in mind that Information Technology (IT) textbooks are typically hard to understand or follow.

After each video lesson is completed, your video is placed in your own private reference libraryso that you can watch it as often as you want on any day.

Another advantage that watching videos has over reading textbooks is that concepts like Sql Query Writing or Database Development can be demonstrated more easily in Video format than by reading about them from a textbook.

So, even if you are watching one of our more advanced Sql Courses and you realize that you have forgotten some of the preceding lessons, you can easily visit your reference library and watch those videos again!

How Do I Learn Sql More Easily or Better?

Our online SQL Courses are designed for working professionals who want a better, faster or easier way of learning SQL Query Writing or Database Development.

Repetition in training is the key to skill mastery.

To master any new skill you need to repeat the same set of tasks multiple times or in different ways, each time testing the underlying concepts, until it sinks in and becomes second nature … and that is exactly what our Sql Courses will do for you!

Lets take a Sql Course like Normalization and work through how you will learn it faster or better.

First, you will be presented with a Database Video on Normalization. You can discuss any concepts after watching the Videos privately with your Course Instructor or publicly with your discussion Database study group members.

Next you may be asked to work on a Handson Database Normalization project based on the principles taught on the Sql Videos.

After you submit your project back to your course instructor using the Assignments tab of the Learning Management System (LMS), you may get additional feedback on the correctness or comprehensiveness of your normalization practices or move on to the next lesson which may be a Practice Test or Quiz on the concepts you learned on the Videos.

You may even receive multiple Sql Videos, practice tests, quizzes or projects for a single Sql topic like Normalization.

Presenting Sql Courses using repetition helps you learn from different angles until you make the internal connections required for comprehension or skill mastery.

Research has shown that practice tests help you to learn new concepts better or more easily.

So, when we present a Sql video course, we also include practice tests that show you the correct answers.

As you review the concepts, you will be given the opportunity to repeat each quiz as many times as you want or until you really understand that topic!

Finally, we also teach our Sql Courses using practical handson-assignments that improve your ability to perform on the job.

Not only do we use Videos and then Quizzes to improve your understanding, we actually give you projects that build on everything that you have learnt so that you actually get it!

There is probably nothing that beats the combination of handson projects, practice tests and Sql videos when it comes to learning Sql online, OK?

Do You Want An Interactive, Advanced Online SQL Training Course?

One of the key distinguishing features of our Sql Courses is the availability of private coaching.

Say that you watch a Sql video on normalization, take all the quizzes and work on the handson assignments and you still don’t get it (which is not likely), you can actually post a private message for your course instructor, who will be able to correspond or walk you through that same material.

This experience is like that of having a private Sql coach and a Sql trainer in one and the same course!

This feature can come in handy when you want to discuss the applications of our Sql Courses to challenges you are facing in your organization without making those details public.

For example, you may be designing a database with a lot of complex relationships (like what obtains with healthcare databases), you may post a question about applying referential integrity rules to our public discussion forums for other like minded database professionals to discuss or post your challenges on your private discussion forum for your course instructor only!

Keeping in mind, that the billing rate of a database professional is anywhere from $50/hr. to $75/hr.

The value in this private coaching feature alone can pay for your investment in your Sql course!

How Relevant Is My Online Sql Course To Learning Oracle, Sql Server or Microsoft Access?

Our Sql Courses are based on Sql Server and it will work for you regardless of your version of Sql Server.

  1. If you have a Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer, you will be given access to a free, fully functional version of SQL Server on your own computer.

  2. If you are on a MAC or you cannot afford to buy a Windows Computer, you will be given access to a web-based, private SQL Server database installation.

  3. You will also be taught database design from scratch and because of that, you will learn how to design relational databases independent of any vendor or database environment.

Sql Boot Camp is taught using SQL Server because it offers all the relational database features that are in the Microsoft Access database and in-addition, it also offers you the ability to manage your data more reliably and with a higher guaranteed level of performance.

SQL Server is also a professional, enterprise grade database that affords you the ability to write advanced SQL Queries or design databases that support any level of complexity.

Finally Sql Server is unusual as an enterprise grade database because it offers a lower learning curve which means that you will learn an enterprise database in less time or put your skills to work more easily.

Click here to read my review of Learning Enterprise Database Platforms

What Will Learning Sql Do For Your Career?

Here are few of the reasons why you may want to consider learning Sql or Databases.

  1. Learning Sql gives you one authentic, recognized, popular enterprise software that you put on your resume.
  2. Learning Sql gives you mastery over one database which is relevant to any Information Technology (IT) careers including business analysts, computer programmers, project managers, financial analysts.
  3. Mastering a database provides you with the ability to query databases directly without depending on third party departments, vendors or other professionals.
  4. Learning a database opens the door to working with other database management systems including Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL, IBM DB2, etc.
  5. Learning Sql Databases gives you a skill that can help you get your foot in through the door of the Information Technology Industry.
  6. Mastering Sql makes you more productive on the job because you will be able to recognize or solve Sql / Database problems quicker, better and more easily or before they bog down your system.

Do you want to learn or master a database regarded by the Information Technology (IT) Industry as enterprise, high-performing, reliable and scalable? If you answered yes, click here to sign-up for Sql Boot Camp


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Oracle Or Microsoft Access, Which Is Better For Me?

Oracle Or Microsoft Access, Which Is Better For Me?

Are you matching your strengths to your opportunities or are you just being ideological … interested only in following your own ideas even when they won’t get you any results?

Here is a situation that illustrates the challenges of being ideological versus being results oriented. It is a situation that illustrates the challenges of learning an enterprise software like Oracle compared to a poor man’s database like Microsoft Access.

Are you wondering about who this situation involves? You are safe my friend because today, I will mainly be talking about me :-)

When I started out in the industry, my first priority was to get my foot into the door.

My goals were:

  1. To transition my career without incurring a lot of additional debt
  2. To learn a marketable skill so that I could get a job quickly
  3. To get myself into a position where I would be in high-demand by delivering excellent results

There were a number of career paths that looked promising and I looked into them all. Here a few of them:

Business Analysis

The business analyst career path was mostly available to systems analysts or management consultants people or poorly defined.

By poorly defined, i mean that it depended on the whims of hiring managers (it was subjective and depended on the employers needs or definitions) and so, there was no very clear or direct path to becoming a business analyst (this was in the ‘90s).

Network Administration

I had worked in network administration in an internship job right after college. My duties entailed helping support a Lotus CC:Mail/ Novell Netware Network

Based on my own first-hand experience, I ruled out computer networking primarily because I realized that I was not passionate about that industry.

Systems Programming

While in college, I had tried to learn C/C++ and I also decided that it wasn’t my thing because it took a long time to develop a fully functional software using C/C++

Based on experience, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to master C/C+ in a few months or get a job easily.

My finding was that it would take a number of years to become really expert or highly skilled at C/C++.

I was also certain, that even when I became highly skilled, I still won’t be able to deliver stellar results based on C/C++.

In case you’re interested, read my thoughts on choosing C/C++ as a programming language here…

Enterprise Database Software

I investigated getting an entry level job in SAP / Oracle / IBM or some other enterprise software since that is where it seemed that the big bucks where being made. In the 90’s, the major database players included IBM, Oracle, Microsoft.

Oracle was very popular in the enterprise database computing circle. However, learning Oracle was no small feat.

I mean that installing Oracle on your own local computer for learning purposes was not an easy proposition even for experienced oracle professionals because companies hired senior / experienced Oracle consultants just to install and setup Oracle correctly on their servers.

In addition to that, Oracle was targeted at the enterprise buyer which meant that purchasing a full-featured Oracle license for an individual like me without corporate sponsorship … was simply beyond my budget!

In addition, even if I raised the money to buy an Oracle License, I would have to spend additional weeks installing Oracle correctly by myself or else hire an Oracle database consultant to install it (Oracle database consultants billed anywhere from $60/hr. to $120/hr.)

And assuming that I overcame the hurdle of buying an Oracle license and then installing Oracle, I would still have to figure out one more thing about Oracle … how to learn Oracle!

You see, Oracle was one of those complex enterprise software application that had a really high learning curve.

The chances that I was going to learn or master Oracle in time enough to get a job was very low because professionals who had been working with Oracle for years where still struggling to understand it … it was that complex!

So, tell me, what will you have done if you were in my shoes?

Did I fixate on learning Oracle … even though I knew professionals that worked with Oracle for years were still struggling to get to a comfort level with it?

Absolutely not! One of the Oracle professionals that I was personally acquainted with had started working with or learning Oracle while we were still in college.

By the time I was evaluating learning Oracle, this professional (a lady based in the United Kingdom) was just getting comfortable with Oracle … and that is after working with it for 8 to 10 years!

So, I decided that the Oracle database and many of the other popular enterprise software applications available at that time had too high a learning curve!

Yes, I know that everyone’s situation is different and yes I understand that “what is good for the goose is not always good for the gander“.

But my situation was that I was married and I had to pay my bills.

Even though my wife was willing to support me, I wasn’t okay with asking her to take care of all the bills while I went on a multi-year learning trip.

Not only that,I had been out of college for a few years and didn’t want to risk taking another 8 to 10 years to learn a new career!

And I definitely didn’t want to start a career that would require such an expensive re-training that I would have to go deeply in debt!

Put yourself in my shoes and tell me what you would have done if faced with my situation keeping in my objectives which were:

  • To learn a marketable skill in a short time: I had to learn a marketable skill so that I could easily get a job and get out of unemployment.

  • To be prudent or save money: I had to pay my bills and account for all sorts of living expenses, while paying for my own re-training.

  • To get into a line of work where I could easily become competent: I needed to learn a skill that I would become an expert at in a reasonable short time.

What will you have done in my shoes … because I choose Microsoft Access!

In those days, a lot of professionals looked down on Microsoft Access as a sort of poor man’s relational database even though Microsoft Access had a lot going for it at that point in time.

Low Cost of Learning

Microsoft Access was available as part of the Microsoft Office family of products.

The cost of a Microsoft Office / Access license was as low as $300. And I budgeted an additional $100 for buying Microsoft Access textbooks from the local seller … Barnes & Noble. I would never forget the price that I paid for my very first Microsoft Access Book … just $49.50.

So, for less than $500, I was guaranteed that I would learn or master Microsoft Access … which was great news for me as an unemployed newbie IT professional!

Low Learning Curve

It took me between 30 and 60 days to study or master Microsoft Access from textbooks. After which I spent my remaining time, taking Microsoft Access practice tests and building relational databases.

In my first job interview test administered by a local staffing agency in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I scored above 90% and got hired into the systems / data analysis department of a local e-commerce firm with a starting salary of $15/hr.

Accelerated Time To Market

By my third month of working with Microsoft Access, I had completed a project that was estimated to last about 6 weeks in 2 weeks.

Because I could achieve those sorts of results, the IT Manager called a recruiting firm without my knowledge or permission and advised them to find more challenging work for me … which they did!

By my third month, I was billing $76,000/yr. and my billing rate continued to increase with time!

Dear Friend,

What I have learnt is that the only thing that stops us from achieving the results we want is our limiting belief systems or self-imposed mental boundaries.

So, what works and what doesn’t?

  1. Don’t hang your career on getting a recognized certificate or diploma

    That is so old school! The only thing that matters is your ability to perform on the job … and no accredited degree or diploma or program can confer that to you.

    In other words, you either learn or know how to get the job done or you don’t.

  2. Don’t get stuck learning any vendor’s software

    Because I got my foot in through the door, I have since had the chance to learn or work with Oracle and IBM enterprise databases at the employer’s expense!

    Learning Microsoft Access first actually made it easier for me to learn or work with SQL Server, Oracle and IBM databases later on.

    Remember that you are the one that makes the job work and not the software, vendor or qualification.

    I have seen professionals who want to become business analysts get stuck on learning an enterprise requirement management software like IBM Rational RequisitePro.

    These good folks forget that many employers can’t afford the licensing costs of the same software that they are hung up on and they also forget that requirements management is first and foremost a set of principles or techniques and not a software!.

    If you learn requirements management techniques you can for example document requirements using Microsoft Office or your employer can purchase any of the myriads of requirements management software in the market.

    So why are you so hung up on learning IBM Rational RequisitePro as if that makes you a business analyst?

  3. Learn a marketable skill

    One of the biggest challenges facing professionals is the right choice of a career. I know that because I get asked that question every day

    I’ve seen professionals get stuck with programming skills that are not marketable like mainframe programming or C/C++.

    In one instance, a C/C++ programmer with a computer science college degree after being unemployable for 3 years got the very first job he interviewed for … after I coached him on C#, ASP.NET and .NET Framework.

    His mistake that of failing to learn a marketable skill. The good news is that it only cost him a few months to rectify that mistake. And, once he fixed that, his career was back online again!

Here is my last advise to you on this point, make sure that you are pragmatic and not ideological about your career choices.

If it is looking like you are getting stuck on the path you are on, carefully evaluate all the other alternatives available to you.


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Learn the Right Way!

Learn the Right Way!

Database careers are a mystery to those on the outside! This is partly because the work done by database professionals is not as visible as that done by professionals like business analysts or project managers.

So, in this series, I will discuss database or SQL careers by answering questions such as:

  • What do database / SQL jobs involve?

  • What is the database / SQL industry like?

  • What are the career options for database or SQL professionals?

  • What challenges do database or SQL professionals face?

  • Why would anyone recommend database or SQL careers?

I would start by recommending that you master working with relational database and SQL

Why Do I Recommend Learning SQL / RDBMS?

  1. Shorter Learning Curve – SQL and Relational Database careers in Microsoft Access, MySQL and SQL Server have a shorter learning curve compared to business analyst or computer programming careers!

    So, if you are just entering the workforce and you don’t have strong software development or business analysis or project management skills, I recommend that you start learning SQL.

    Click here for more information on how to learn SQL or Relational Databases.

  2. More Portable Skill – SQL or Database professionals are employed in most industries because databases are essential to business operations.

    SQL professionals are usually not restricted to a specific industry or domain. SQL skills can also be ported from one platform like MySQL to another like SQL Server in a reasonable amount of time.

    One good thing about mastering SQL or Relational Database is that your knowledge stays relevant over long periods of time.

    That’s why participants in the SQL Boot Camp build strong relational database skills as a foundation for their long-term SQL or database careers.

    Click here for more information on the career portability.

  3. Constantly In Demand – My consulting career accelerated when I mastered a relational database product known as Microsoft Access in the nineties!

    Microsoft Access made database design and development so easy that everyone including office users, business analysts, data analysts, project managers and business users all started creating databases.

    The databases created by these power users worked for a while until they started failing because of poor relational database design.

    That is when I usually got called … to clean up the mess made by everyone else!

    Now the database industry has changed. Microsoft Access is no longer the de-facto office database because corporations now store data in enterprise databases like SQL Server.

    So, you need a strong understanding of relational database design and development for enterprise database jobs.

    So, click here to start learning proper relational database design and development principles.

  4. Lighter Technical Skill – SQL or Relational Database skills are sometimes required for business analyst job openings

    SQL / RDBMS skills are also considered required skills for software development, data analyst, report writing and business intelligence jobs!

    SQL / RDBMS are either a “nice to have” or required skill because tech workers are expected to manipulate or interact with databases without asking for assistance!

Note that, lack of good SQL or Relational Database skills can create problems for your career because it’s a frequently used technical skill! So, click here to get started … why waste more time?


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Learn SQL Online - The Easy Way!

Learn SQL Online - The Easy Way!

SQL, also known as the Structured Query Language is used to query, retrieve and extract data from relational databases or define and create relational database structures including tables, views etc.

SQL skills are in-demand partly because of it’s portability. A skilled SQL professional can work on a wide variety of relational database platforms including Microsoft SQL Server, IBM’s DB2, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft Access, Dbase, Foxpro.

What is the Demand for SQL Skills?

SQL skills are useful in a number of careers including database developers, report writers, business analysts, computer programmers, web developers, testers, data analysts, etc.

Is Learning SQL Hard?

SQL has a shorter learning curve when compared to other skills like business analysis or computer programming or testing. Part of the reason is that SQL is a well-defined, standardized language that has been around for a number of years.

What are the Career Options for SQL Professionals?

There are several career paths available to skilled SQL professionals. Some of the popular SQL career options or specializations including the:

  1. Data Warehousing Career

  2. Data Analyst Career

  3. Database Developer Career

  4. SQL Developer Career

  5. Business Intelligence Career

  6. Web Data Analyst Career

  7. Database Administrator (DBA) Career

  8. Database Mining Career

  9. SQL Report Writer Career

Is Learning SQL Hard?

SQL has a shorter learning curve when compared to other skills like business analysis or computer programming or testing. Part of the reason is that SQL is a well-defined, standardized language that has been around for a number of years.

What is the Future Like for SQL Professionals?

Because an increasing number of companies are storing, or analyzing more of their corporate data, the demand for SQL or database skills will continue to increase.

What Are The Benefits of Learning SQL?

There are several reasons why learning SQL will help your career or your job. Some of these are:

  1. Reliability: You can get the answers you need from the database yourself without relying on others query writing or data interpretation abilities.

  2. Productivity: You can get more work done by yourself by saving your employer the costs of hiring additional resources.

  3. Portable Skills: You gain skills that are portable or useful for a wide number of employment situations, job postings and business problems.

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If you are interested in learning more about SQL Skills or becoming a Database Professional, send inyour questions now and I will answer them for you … right away!

Your questions may be about how to get a database developer job or how to improve your SQL query writing skills or how to become a database developer.

Perhaps your question is about how to get back into the database career track after a period of unemployment or about how to learn the relevant database skills for your job or employer. Whatever they are, go ahead and send in your questions and I will answer them for you.

Send in the issues, questions or challenges facing you and I would take care of the issues holding you back.

I may answer by writing a new article that addresses your concern or by posting a comprehensive answer to your question or …

If the challenge facing you is a pressing personal situation … I will answer it without posting your contact information or any publicly identifiable information.

Send a Question on:

  • How to Transition into a Database Career or SQL Programming Career

  • How to Gain Hands-On Database Experience

  • How to Secure your Database Career By Performing On The Job

  • How to Improve SQL Skills or Get Cutting Edge SQL Query Writing Experience or Get an In-Depth Knowledge of Relational Databases

  • How to Become a Freelance Database Consultant

  • How to Transition your skills between different Database Platforms

  • How to Learn SQL Easily

  • How to Choose between Different SQL Career Options

  • How to Analyze or Present the Information contained in Databases

I will take care of the concerns or challenges facing you, so go right away and post your questions below:


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Learn Sql Online - The Easy Way!

Learn Sql Online - The Easy Way!

SQL Boot Camp is the hands-on, beginner to advanced level guide to learning SQL online.

You are shown, instructed or coached on how to write best-practice SQL code in an instructor-led, convenient and interactive web-based SQL course.

You gain mastery of SQL query writing, database design or database development by practicing as you learn from sql instructors using multiple videos, quizzes and hands-on database projects.

Why Learn SQL Online?

Databases are everywhere and virtually every firm or organization has multiple databases.

Because companies everywhere use data, access data or store data in databases, the relevance, future and demand for SQL skills is guaranteed!

You need to learn SQL so you can access the facts stored away in databases by yourself … without relying on someone else to access the data for you

You also need to learn SQL so you can build databases used in transactional or analytical software or web-based applications.

What Do You Want To Know About Learning SQL Online at SQL Boot Camp?

  1. You can register for SQL Training from any home or office location.

    • You can take your training from home or the office because your SQL Training will be available online through videos, a web-based learning management system (LMS) and SQL trainers who will help you gain critical, hands-on SQL, Database Design and Database Development project experience.

  2. You gain improved database skills Or hands-on SQL expertise.

    • After you enroll in SQL training, the web based training software creates a new training schedule for you and then sends you a personalized e-mail with links to your SQL videos or Database lessons, assignments or quizzes.

    • You are assigned a number of days for each SQL trainng video, SQL quiz, SQL assignment or hands-on database design or development project.

      You may however complete your work earlier or later than scheduled based on your own schedule.

    • You can submit your SQL projects back to a live SQL course instructor using a feature of the SQL training program.

    • Your SQL course instructors review and grade each of your database projects or provide personalized help, assistance or corrective feedback.

    • Your SQL skills are sharpened through multiple quizzes and your grades are automatically dsiplayed in a secure, private online report card.

    • Your understanding or progress at learning SQL is constantly monitored or evaluated and you are given various opportunities to practice as you learn!

  3. You Retain Access to SQL Training Videos After the Course Is Completed!

    • You retain FULL and PERMANENT access to ALL SQL training videos after training is completed.

    • The SQL training videos will remain accessible through the “Resources” Menu on the training portal.

  4. Online SQL Training Is Flexible, Convenient, Affordable

    • Yes, you are given ample time to complete each SQL training module including the SQL training videos or SQL practice tests or hands on SQL projects.

    • Yes, you can login for SQL training at any time.

    • Yes, you may pause your SQL training any time because of work or life commitments.

    • Yes, you may pause your SQL training without any penalty.

    • Yes, you do not have to begin or complete your SQL training at the same time as everyone else.

    • Yes, you do not have to login at the same time as everyone else or at a specific time of the day or night.

    • Yes, your SQL training is a “go at your own pace“, anytime, anywhere, anypace training. Yes, you can take some of your training at work (during lunchtime) or at home (after dinner) or on the road (from your laptop)!

  5. No Entrance Examination Or Pre-requisite Courses Required

    • Your SQL training will walk you step by step … from utter beginner to advanced level without any prior SQL background.

    • Your SQL course instructors do not assume anything about your background, so you are taken through the basics and then taken to the advanced-level SQL courses.

    • Your SQL training Videos are all hands-on, instructional videos … which means that you learn by simply watching the SQL course instructors.

    • The SQL training videos cover both theoretical topics and practical requirements for Database Design or Database Development or SQL Query Writing.

    • You do not need extra time to prepare for SQL training before registering because all the preparation, foundational topics or pre-requisite knowledge is in-built and included as part of your SQL training courses.

  6. You Determine The Pace Of Your SQL Training

    • Yes, you can accelerate or speed-up your SQL training or customize your SQL learning to suit your own study time.

    • Yes, you can finish SQL training in more time or less time than the estimated duration.

    • You can control your SQL training pace or customize it to your personal preferences. So you don’t have to start or finish at the same time as everyone else.

  7. SQL Boot Camp’s Learning Management System (LMS) Shortens Your Learning Curve

    • The scheduling, tracking, monitoring and management of all SQL Boot Camp’s training content is done through modules in-built into the SQL training program.

  8. You Don’t Need To Install Additional Software Programs to Watch SQL Training Videos

    • You don’t need to install additional software programs to view the SQL training videos online.

    • SQL Boot Camp uses a web-based training system that allows you to view the SQL training videos anytime from any location.

    • All the necessary software training features are already built into your SQL training system so, you don’t need to mess around with tiresome software installations.

    • … And yes, that means you don’t need to worry about browser requirements either!


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In-Demand SQL Skills

In-Demand SQL Skills

Don’t miss out on TODAY’S opportunity to enroll in SQL BOOT CAMP at a 50% discount using the promotional code: SQLTRAIN because today is the Last Day!

Another SAVINGS PLAN available TODAY is the Job Search + Resumes + Interview Coaching at a 15% Discount.

With this plan you may add the SQL Boot Camp Training Plan to the Job Search + Resume + Interview Coaching Plan today and get an immediate savings of 15%.

Limited Time Offer … Don’t Miss Out

So, let me summarize the SQL Training Offers available to you today:

  1. Get SQL Training Only: You can enroll today in SQL Boot Camp using the discount code: SQLTRAIN and save a significant 15%

  2. Get SQL Training + Job Search Coaching + Resume Coaching + Interview Coaching: You can enroll today in both the SQL Boot Camp Training and the Job Search + Resume + Interview Coaching using the discount code: SQLTRAIN and also save a whooping 15%

What You Need To Know About SQL BOOT CAMP …

  1. Anyone Can Enroll From AnyWhere In SQL Boot Camp:

    • You can enroll in SQL Boot Camp training from any location because the SQL Training is provided online through videos, a web-based learning management system (LMS) and SQL trainers who help you gain critical, hands-on SQL, Database Design and Database Development project experience

  2. SQL Boot Camp Sharpens Your Skills And Helps You Gain Critical Hands-On Experience

    • After you enroll in SQL Boot Camp training, the web based training software creates a new training schedule for you and then sends you a personalized e-mail with links to your SQL + Database training videos, assignments or quizzes

    • SQL Boot Camp assigns you a number of days for each SQL video, SQL quiz, SQL assignment or hands on SQL Boot Camp project. You may however complete your work earlier or later than scheduled based on your own schedule

    • SQL Boot Camp allows you to complete an assignment or activity or project and then submit your work back to a live course instructor using a feature of the SQL training program

    • Your SQL Boot Camp instructors are automatically notified whenever you submit a project. Your Instructors can review or grade your work or provide personalized help, assistance or corrective feedback

    • SQL Boot Camp grades your work either automatically (Quizzes) or through SQL Course Instructors (Hands-ON Lab Work). Your SQL Boot Camp grades are automatically dsiplayed in your secure, private online report card

    • SQL Boot Camp automatically monitors your progress and sends out the next SQL training module for more learning or practice

  3. You Have Total Access to SQL Boot Camp’s Videos After You Complete Training!

    • You retain FULL and PERMANENT access to ALL of SQL Boot Camp’s training videos after you complete training

    • All of SQL Boot Camp’s training videos or resources remain accessible through the “Resources” Menu on the training portal

  4. SQL Boot Camp Is Flexible, Convenient, Affordable

    • Yes, you are given ample time to complete each SQL training module including the SQL training videos or SQL practice tests or hands on SQL projects

    • Yes, you can login to SQL Boot Camp any time … and take your training

    • Yes, you may pause your SQL training at any time because of work or life committments by simply clicking on the “Pause Training” button in SQL Boot Camp’s online, web-based training program

    • Yes, you may pause your SQL training for as long as you want to … or click on the “Resume Training” button to resume training whenever you want to without any penalty

    • Yes, you are not required to start or finish your SQL training at the same time as everyone else

    • Yes, you are not required login to SQL Boot Camp at the same time as everyone else or at a specific time of the day or night

    • Yes, your SQL training is a “go at your own pace“, anytime, anywhere, anypace training. Yes, you can take some of your training at work (during lunchtime) or at home (after dinner) or on the road (from your laptop)!

  5. You Are Not Required To Take Any Entrance Examinations Or Complete Any Prerequisite Courses Before Enrolling

    • All of SQL Boot Camp’s training courses are designed to take you step by step … from beginner to advanced level

    • SQL Boot Camp’s Course Instructors do not assume anything about your background, so you are walked through the basics and then taken to the advanced-level topics

    • All SQL Boot Camp’s Training Videos are hands-on, instructional videos … which means that you learn by simply watching the SQL Course Instructors

    • SQL Boot Camp’s training videos cover both the theoretical knowledge and practical requirements of Database Design or Database Development or SQL Queries

    • You do not need extra time to prepare for SQL Boot Camp before enrolling because all the preparation, foundational topics or pre-requisite knowledge is in-built and included as part of each SQL Boot Camp’s training course

  6. You Control The Pace Of SQL Training

    • Yes, you can accelerate or speed-up your SQL training course or complete SQL Boot Camp training in a shorter time

    • Yes, you can finish your SQL training in more time or less time than the estimated duration

    • You can control your SQL training pace because the web-based SQL Boot Camp Training Program allows you to run at a more customized or personalized pace. So you don’t have to start or finish at the same time as eveyone else

  7. SQL Boot Camp’s Learning Management System (LMS) Shortens Your Learning Curve:

    • The scheduling, tracking, monitoring and management of all SQL Boot Camp’s training content is done through modules in-built into the SQL training program

  8. You Don’t Need To Install Additional Software Programs to Watch SQL Boot Camp Videos

    • You don’t need to install additional software progarms to view SQL Boot Camp’s training videos online

    • SQL Boot Camp uses a web-based training system that allows you to view the SQL training videos anytime from any location

    • All the needed software training features are already built into into SQL Boot Camp’s web based training system … so, you don’t need to mess around with tiresome installations before you begin watching the Videos

    • … And yes, that means you don’t need to worry about browser requirements either!

More Information on SQL Boot Camp’s Training

  1. Click Here to Read … How to Become a Database Developer

  2. Click Here to Read … How to Become a Data Analyst Or Report Writer Or Database Developer

  3. Click Here to Read … SQL Training Classes Or Database Courses

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Top Paying Skills in High Demand

Top Paying Skills in High Demand

Employment Prospects for Database Developers

Database Developers are in-demand in the healthcare, telecommunications, financial, manufacturing industries or in firms where data needs to be stored, retrieved or maintained.

  • Database developers work with data analysts while importing data from legacy systems into new database structures.

  • Database developers work with report developers in designing and reporting on data and business trends.

  • Database developers work with system architects or software developers in defining data storage, retrieval or archival systems for business software application needs.

Because many software applications and most businesses are connected to the internet, an increasing number of database developers are needed to handle the growing volume of web usage data or transactional data generated by internet or e-commerce busineses.

Because of the pivotal role of business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce, there is an increased demand for database developers who can build mission critical, high performing, reliable, scalable databases for retail, service, marketing, sales and other business operations

Database Developer Salary Requirements

Even in a period of economic recession the pay band for database developers goes from $73,500 to $103,000 according to Robert Half Technology. Another survey cites the average salary for a skilled database developer as $84,000 (EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). Click here to see the average database developer salary in the United States.

Database Developer Skill Requirements

There are several types of databases in the market and each requires a specific set of database design and development skills. However relational database design and development skills are the sought after database design and developement skills.

Here are some of the skills needed to become a relational database developer:

  1. Logical Database Design Skills

  2. Physical Database Design Skills

  3. SQL Data Definition Skills (DDL)

  4. SQL Data Manipulation Skills (DML)

  5. Entity-Relationship (ER) Modeling Skills

  6. Indexing, Performance Tuning and Optimization Skills

  7. Strong SQL / Data Analysis Skills

Click here to get a comprehensive list of the topics a relational database developer needs to learn or study …

How Portable are Database Development Skills

A database developer with a solid understanding of relational database design development skills and strong SQL skills can work with databases from a wide variety of vendors and database platforms.

Some of the more popular database development platforms that skilled and in-demand database developers may end up working with include:

  1. Microsoft Access

  2. Microsoft SQL Server

  3. MySQL

  4. Oracle

  5. Sybase

  6. IBM DB2

Note: A database developer does not need to get trained in every popular database platform in the market because relational database design and SQL has been standardized to a good degree.

Given a sound understanding or training in relational database design or development and SQL, the database developer can pick up the rest of the skills needed for each database platform while working with it.

So, given that a database developer already knows SQL Server or Transact SQL (T-SQL) and is then presented with a Microsoft Access Database Design & Development project or a MySQL Database Design & Development project, the database developer should be able to apply the same set of logical database design skills and standardized SQL skills to these database platforms while learning the nuances or flavors of Microsoft Access SQL (Access SQL) or MySQL specific SQL

Studying or Learning to Become a Database Developer

Database Developers need to learn or study the Relational Database Design process, the SQL Data Definition Language (DDL), the SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) and the Database Development process for a specific relational database management system.

The database developer’s educational requirements are covered in the SQL Boot Camp. The SQL Boot Camp is an online, web-based educational training program for database developers who want to learn or study database development. SQL Boot Camp includes an extensive set of:

  1. Hands-on SQL Training Videos + Relational Database Design Videos taught by SQL Course Instructors

  2. SQL Practice Tests or SQL Job Interview Quizzes that you can use to ace database developer job interviews or improve your retention or understanding of the SQL training videos

  3. Hands-On Database Design & Development Projects assigned, reviewed and graded by your SQL Course Instructors

Limited Time – Registration Discount Code

For a limited time only, we are giving away seats on SQL Boot Camp with the registration discount code: SQLTRAIN

To get this discount, enroll here for SQL Boot Camp using the registration discount code: SQLTRAIN.

Note: This is a limited-time offer, so if you are looking for a complete, end-to-end database developer professional training, click here to enroll in SQL Boot Camp using the registration discount code: SQLTRAIN


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Announcing Payment Plans

Our readers have been asking if they can get a payment plan on the Software Developer Boot Camp or the Business Analyst Boot Camp. I am happy to announce that the answer is yes.
In addition the new payment plans include a 50% discount if you sign up right away. This offer expires Midnight, February 2, 2009. So hurry to take advantage of the limited time discount. Click here for more information

Launching The Relational Database (RDBMS) Boot Camp

We are launching the Relational Database (RDBMS) Boot Camp training. This is an online, web based, video based, instructor led, hands on relational database design & development training course. The RDBMS Boot Camp is for professionals who want to learn or master relational database design & development only and are not interested in learning SQL query writing. We are also offering a 50% discount on the Relational Database (RDBMS) course which expires Midnight, February 2, 2009. So, hurry now to take advantage of this offer to jumpstart your relational database (RDBMS) training. Click here for more information

Launching The Job Search, Resume and Interview Coaching Program

We are introducing the Job Search, Resume and Interview Coaching program for professionals who want to put the best effort towards finding a new job or getting hired quickly.
Click here to read more about the new job search, resume & interview coaching program

For a limited time only, you may access all our training services at a discount or on a payment plan. The discount offered in this announcement expires Midnight, February 2, 2009.
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The technical skill most in demand or frequently asked for on business analyst job postings, computer programmer jobs, data analyst positions, report writer job openings or most software development job postings is relational database management skills including SQL programming, database design, database development and SQL querying skills.

Are you surprised or in doubt?

Take a look at the job postings for business analysts, computer programmers, data analysts or database developer jobs and you will see that the technical skills common to all software development professions include:

  1. Relational database design skills

  2. Relational database development skills

  3. SQL data analysis, SQL querying or SQL programming skills

So, attending a relational database course or a SQL programming class will do a couple of things for you:

  1. Boost your marketability for business analysis, computer programmer, data analysis, report writing or other software development jobs by helping you master one of the more frequently asked for or required software development skills

  2. Give you portable Information Technology (IT) skills. IT Managers love software development professionals that can wear multiple hats and are able to transition from data querying and analysis roles to SQL programming or database design & development roles easily

  3. Improve your resume overnight. Programming languages or software development skills take much longer than SQL programming or relational database development and are also harder to learn

Now, I have been discussing why taking a database design class or SQL programming course would benefit you … let’s take a closer look at the SQL courses offered on: SQL BOOT CAMP

  1. Web Based Online SQL or Database Training Courses:
    SQL Boot Camp is delivered to registered students via our web based, online training and learning management system (LMS) at : http://www.it-career-coach.com. Web based training is more flexible than traditional, class based training or other forms of distance learning because you can log-in with a private or secure access and take your training at a convenient time, from the comfort of your home or office and from any location in the world.

  2. Video Based SQL or Database Training:
    SQL Boot Camp is delivered via instructional videos that walk you through the beginner to advanced topics in database design theory, database modeling, SQL based data querying and analysis, etc. You may watch the videos at home or in your office and learn from a SQL instructor or database trainer without having to be in the same physical class room location. The SQL training videos are delivered through the web-based, distance learning, online training system at http://www.it-career-coach.comThe training videos are completely hands-on. You learn by watching or doing the tasks you the SQL instructor or trainer is performing.

  3. Database Practice Tests, SQL Training Quizzes or Database Exams: Your learning, comprehension or technical mastery are tested as you work your way through the SQL topics or database development concepts presented to you. The quizzes or exam are built into the web based SQL BOOT CAMP training system at http://www.it-career-coach.com. They are designed into your database training class at regular intervals so you get regular feedback as you study and progress along the course.

  4. Experienced Instructor Led SQL Training or Database Development Class: You are assigned a SQL instructor or database trainer when you register for the SQL training package. You are also assigned open-ended essay quizzes by your instructor, who is responsible for reading your essay or quiz responses and grading them. You are also given private assignments by your database design instructor that require you to perform specific skill based tasks. You submit the homework or assignment back to your course instructor … who grades it for you.

  5. Progress Feedback / Report Card: While attending SQL BOOT CAMP you are graded on every module, assignment, quiz, practice test and essay given to you. Your grade scores are displayed in an web based report card which is available only to you as part of your SQL / database training course.

  6. Private Discussions: During SQL BOOT CAMP You can post a question, concern or discussion on any SQL / database topic, video, assignment or quiz presented to you and get personal assistance, feedback, answers, coaching and one-on-one mentoring from your SQL Instructor.

  7. Beginner to Intermediate to Senior Level Training: SQL Boot Camp is divided into multiple levels. The SQL BOOT CAMP training software system automatically moves you along your database training plan from one level to a higher level as soon as you work through all the videos, assignments, quizzes or essays assigned to you. You are notified by SQL BOOT CAMP when a new training video is posted by your instructor for you to watch, when it is time to take a practice test or quiz and when your instructor posts a question for you.

  8. Certificate Based Training: At the end of your SQL training or database design class or database development course you are mailed a completion certificate that contains your grades and the skills you mastered. You will also be able to access your transcript online on a secure, private learning management system.

  9. SQL Live Presentations / Seminars: We schedule live SQL development presentations or database training seminars. As a registered student of SQL BOOT CAMP, you are notified every time there is a live, online database design seminar or web based database development conference and preregistered for it, You won’t be required to pay for these seminars as well … since you are a registered student on “SQL Boot Camp”.

So, what are you waiting for … go ahead and register for SQL BOOT CAMP!

About The Author

My name is Kingsley Tagbo and I’m a technical expert living in Saint Louis, Missouri. I develop training, coaching, mentoring and personal development programs for software development professionals including business analysts, computer programmers, testers, project managers, web designers, data analysts, report writers, software developers and other information technology professionals .

My firm, Exacticity, performs software development consulting and training for clients throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. If you are in need of Business Analyst Training, Software Developer Training or Database Development Training, Coaching or Mentoring click here to get in touch with me.


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How To Become A Data Analyst

How To Become A Data Analyst

The data analyst career is one of the popular Information Technology (IT) career tracks available today.

The term data analyst is loosely associated with business data analysts, systems analysts, database analysts, reporting specialists, data researchers, statistical data analysts or marketing data analysts!

However, in this article, I will explain who a data analyst really is and provide a career roadmap or plan for becoming a data analyst.

Who Is A Data Analyst?

The term data analyst refers to someone who works with data or makes sense of the information buried in raw data or draws inferences and conclusions from it.

A data analyst is someone who performs queries or mines data for information or nuggets of insight and information.

According to Wikipedia, data analysis is the process of looking at or summarizing data with the intent of extracting useful information and developing conclusions.

What Is The Job Outlook For Data Analysts?

There is an increasing need to aggregate information in databases and analyze, research or query it for meaning, clues, trends or insight that will help organizations do better or become more competitive in their marketplace.

This trend to store and analyze vast quantities of data at every level of business has spawned the “Analytics” industry.

For example, when you visit a website at Amazon.com or NetFlix or Ebay, your visit history is stored and analyzed by a group of people known as web analysts who specialize in analyzing web visitor data.

The data analyst is growing in importance because of the trend towards storing and analyzing increasing amounts of data, so that organizations can compete based on insight, information and intelligence gleaned from their databases.

Data Analyst Roles and Responsibilities

If you are looking for a data analyst job or position, make sure you can demonstrate the skills listed below on your resume when you apply for a data analyst position:

  1. You must demonstrate the ability to analyze large data sets
  2. You must show an expert ability to analyze, research or query data using SQL
  3. You must have the ability to report on data using enterprise, industry standard reporting tools like SQL Server Reporting Services, Crystal Reports and Business Objects
  4. You must have logical, problem solving skills.
  5. You must have strong analytical skills
  6. You must be able to present, interpret, discuss or write about the conclusions, inferences and results gained from researching data
  7. You must be able to analyze data in Excel, prepare Excel spreadsheets or PowerPoint presentation to explain your results.
  8. You must be able to research concepts and issues on the Internet using search engines and other web based research tools

Data Analyst Job Interviews

Job interviews typically address all the positions on your resume.

So, if you present a data analyst resume to an employer, you must be able to talk intelligently about all the positions, skills and responsibilities listed on that resume.

In addition, you may expect a data analyst job interview to include database design interview questions, database development interview questions, and SQL interview questions.

So you will must have SQL coding and Database Development skills.

You also need to have a strong mastery of a variant of SQL like T-SQL and database development on a specific enterprise database platform like Microsoft SQL Server.

Here is a link you can use to get all the data analyst education (statistical data analysis), relational database training and SQL query writing training you will need to fulfill your data analyst roles and responsibilities. Click here for more information on online data analyst training.

Finally, you need to understand trend analysis . For example, given a SQL Server marketing database, you need to be able to search for patterns or identify trends using SQL queries or T-SQL queries to be exact.

How Do Data Analyst Jobs Compare To Business Analyst Jobs Or Computer Programmer Jobs?

1. How does a data analyst job compare to a business analyst job?

One way of comparing the data analyst’s job to the business analyst’s job is to say that the data analyst majors on database analysis or data analysis while the business analyst focuses on business process analysis.

The data analyst is expected to be an expert at querying databases using SQL, writing reports in Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services or Business Objects and analyzing or presenting data in Microsoft Excel.

On the other hand, the business analyst focuses on requirements analysis, UML, Use Cases and business process improvement.

2. How does a data analyst job compare to a computer programmer job?

Computer programmers focus more on the design and development of database applications and software applications.

Computer programmers need to master all aspects of the software development life cycle, database design, database development, web and windows application development and data reporting.

Data analysts focus on database analysis, database design, data preparation, data quality and data reporting.

Online Data Analyst Training Opportunities

One of the technical skills that is most in demand for data analyst positions is the ability to research data stored in relational databases like Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft Access (MS Access), Microsoft SQL Server using SQL.

The beginner to advanced online data analyst training offered on Data Analysts Boot Camp covers the training requirements for data analyst positions.

Be sure to register at Data Analysts Boot Camp for more information on data analyst online training opportunities.


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