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Your first 30 minutes on the platform.

No credit card. Work through these six steps in order — they're designed to give you the fastest honest sense of whether this platform is for you.

  1. 01

    Create a free account

    Email sign-in only — no password to set up. You'll land on the dashboard with your progress tracked from day one.

  2. 02

    Walk the roadmap

    Ten modules from data fundamentals to a BigQuery + dbt capstone. Skim it once so you know where each lesson fits.

  3. 03

    Try a free SQL exercise

    Browse the practice library and work through the first SQL exercise. Answers reveal after you submit an attempt.

  4. 04

    Open the intro lesson

    Module 1 explains what analytics engineering is, how it differs from analytics and data engineering, and what you'll build here.

  5. 05

    Pick a portfolio project

    Each project is a scoped brief with steps you can finish in an afternoon and push to GitHub.

  6. 06

    Upgrade when you're ready

    The full course unlocks all 175 lessons, every exercise, the GPT tutor, and the BigQuery + dbt capstone. One payment, lifetime access.

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