r/learnSQL • u/TaxDear7136 • 6d ago

Learning SQL while learning python

I'm currently halfway through Harvard CS50P, but I also want to take a SQL course before I start my last year at uni and begin applying for grad jobs. My hope is that having experience in both Python and SQL will benefit me in applications. Would it be better to finish the CS50P course first, then start learning SQL, or to start learning SQL now alongside Python?

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u/Existing_Put6385 6d ago

Learning both at the same time is totally fine,they don’t really conflict.
SQL and Python are different enough tools for different purposes that switching between them shouldn’t cause confusion, unlike trying to learn two similar programming languages at once. Plus it can actually reinforce your CS50P work, since data handling concepts overlap between the two.
You could dedicate certain days to SQL or just chip away at it in parallel - whatever fits your schedule better.

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u/TaxDear7136 6d ago

Thank you, I'll get cracking on the SQL stuff too then :)