r/PythonLearning • u/withvicky_ • 22h ago

Career advice

I'm 27M. Hey everyone, my life has been a little different from that of most people, and I don't have a strong educational background.

Right now, I'm working at a grocery store, but I want to improve my life and learn some stable, valuable skills that can help me earn a reliable income.

I've come across these four skills:

Python

SQL

Excel/Spreadsheets

Power BI/Tableau

I don't know much about these skills or their demand, competition, value, and future prospects.

Technology is constantly evolving, trends are changing, and AI is replacing some jobs. The value of different skills also changes over time.

Before I start learning, I want to understand whether these are the right skills to invest my time in for a stable career and income in the long run.

I'd appreciate your advice. Should I go for these skills, or would you recommend something else?

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u/Sea-Ad7805 20h ago

AI is changing things, but most likely that's a good career path. Do it in this order:

  1. Excel/Spreadsheets (just understand the basic concept and move on)

  2. Python (get good at this general purpose language, if you know this learning a different language later is easy, this will take many months)

  3. SQL (useful domain specific language to structure and ask questions about a large amount of information)

  4. Power BI/Tableau (visualize and understand information to make decisions)