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telling myself i’ll sleep early tonight, then finding one more thing that needs to be done.
Week 4 complete. ~137 hours of self-directed data analyst training.
The big shift this week: I went from zero SQL to writing multi-table queries — and I took my first consolidation test.
This week, I also started learning SQL and decided to integrate IELTS into the study plan, to improve my writing score, which currently sits at 6 out of 9.
I learned how to write multi-table queries: JOINs, GROUP BY, and the difference between WHERE and HAVING — the former is used with non-aggregated columns to filter individual rows, while the latter is used with aggregated columns to filter groups of rows.
I took my first consolidation test, which revolved around answering 3 Excel manager-like questions.
I built an interactive dashboard where one slicer click filters the whole view down to a single refinery. The finding: Daura refinery is trending the wrong way — throughput falling from 110 to 95 kbpd across the quarter, while running at only 68% of its capacity. That is the refinery that needs attention.
This week also marks the end of my core Excel curriculum — the essential skills for the role I'm aiming for. It is worth noting that I still review these skills using a "decay log" system, which indicates when I last used each skill.
This week's lessons took over 3 calendar weeks to complete. There were many errors in the daily lessons — an ambiguous question, an untaught concept or feature, incorrect instructions, and more. There were also times when I needed to update the "Custom Instructions" in my Claude project, and I had to update my "Master Reference" after every lesson — which I still do. All of this caused lessons to be split, because there were days when my study session passed 6 hours, and one week when the average was around 5 hours per day. That led to a lack of sleep and low energy. Nonetheless, I maintained the habit of being consistent in learning, which is genuinely one of my life goals.
For Week 5: SQL subqueries, my first exposure to Power BI or Tableau, and a 2-hour cold simulation.
I work a 24-hour shift every three days in the oil industry in Baghdad. This training is how I am building the skills to transition into a data analyst role abroad.
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