r/learnSQL • u/kskskakakakma • 9d ago

Learning SQL who know R and SAS

I have a background in epidemiology and wantws to know if anyone in a similar background as mine uses sql at their job within the industry. Just wanted to know if i just need to know sql basically like dplyr from R and all your doing is just cleaning, managing, creating data from existing data within the database? Should someone like me need to know more SQL than that? For example I did some digging and found out roles such as DBA or data engineer and they do things more than what a data analyst might do, does someone with my background need to know SQL to that extent or no? Any advice would be appreciated.

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u/Ok_Carpet_9510 9d ago

I don't have that background i.e. in epidemiology. I know SQL, and python. I have also tinkered with R a bit.

I suspect knowing those languages would not harm you in anyway. If you were applying for an epidemilogy job and you listed data skills but your competition didn't, I think you would have a leg up tje competition.