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Free SQL session, Nov 24: Write your first queries with AI guiding each step. The Output by DataCamp ( https://www.datacamp.com?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=261110_1-sql-with-ai-assistance--na--engagement_2-mix_6-tier-2_8-emal-ci_11-weekly-news&dc_euid=22323653 ) A weekly dispatch for AI + Data Practitioners · #021 ******************************************************************************* 70% of data analyst roles require SQL. With AI, it's never been easier to learn ******************************************************************************* For the first time, SQL overtook Python as the most popular introductory course on DataCamp in 2026. Fifty years after it was invented. That isn't nostalgia or stubbornness from data dinosaurs. SQL remains the universal translator of data for good reason. Whether you're working with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SQL Server, you speak the same language. No frameworks to learn, no constant updates to chase. And the newer tools? Databricks, Snowflake, and Azure Synapse. All run on SQL. Learn it once, and you've got the foundation the world's biggest enterprises run on. Which is why over 70% of data analyst roles require SQL. More than Python or R. And why SQL-proficient professionals earn 15–25% more than their peers. It's also a way of thinking. It starts with three moves: find the data, narrow it to what matters, then run the numbers across what's left. Learning SQL is learning to see a question in those terms, whether you're comparing sales across regions or Thanksgiving traditions across states (more on that below). Before, syntax was always the barrier. Now, AI has made it easier, so you can go from zero to writing meaningful queries in an hour. Which also happens to be the length of our free SQL with AI code-along. 70% of data analyst roles require SQL. 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