r/learnSQL • u/NoIntention3503 • 3d ago

Right path

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Guys, I'm interested in finance and want to build some valuable skills alongside it. I found that learning SQL could be beneficial, but I'm not sure if it's the right choice for a career in finance. Should I go ahead with SQL, or are there other skills that would be even more valuable? I'd really appreciate your suggestions.

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u/nshao 3d ago

Picking up sql is definitely good and is likely useable in a good amount of finance roles. However, finance as a whole is a very broad category and the necessary skills for different jobs within the finance space likely have a fair amount of variance. I think other key skills would likely lean towards being familiar with financial modeling (forecasting etc), excel which just seems to be a very common tool in the space, and maybe some accounting knowledge just to list some examples.

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u/nshao 3d ago

TLDR: it depends on the finance roles, but sql can be helpful for some of the roles

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u/Consistent_Law3620 3d ago

personally i think sql will help you. Because i have seen people in finance sometime need sql, later if you want to do some analysis etc, sql will help you in that too.

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u/Abalone2496 2d ago

I started out in the financial industry, but every company is different. In my previous company, financial analysts typically used a lot of Excel for their analyses, and any SQL or BI requirements were done by the central data analytics team. So wanting to work in finance could mean different things depending on the role you're interested in. Different sides of the coin.

Though SQL is a great skill to learn and is definitely valuable.

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u/TimeScallion6159 2d ago

Sql is useful, but excel tends to be a must