Forget Analytics SQL Exercises. I Wanted to Simulate the Mess. So I built a fake company and put people through their first day there (free, want honest feedback)
Every SQL course I’ve tried taught me SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY…
Cool. But none of them taught me what to do when a PM sends:
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…and then you discover two dashboards disagree, the data looks suspicious, and suddenly “quick one” has become your entire morning. 😅
So I built Strata.
It’s basically a fake tech company with a fake team, messy data, Slack messages, conflicting evidence, and a 90-day “first job” simulation.
You start on Day 1 as the new Analytics Engineer and have to actually work the problem instead of just answering questions someone already knows the answer to.
Before you find out whether you’re right, you have to commit to:
- your answer
- your reasoning
- how confident you are
Because getting SQL right is one thing.
Knowing when you should trust yourself is a whole different skill.
By the end, I want you to know whether you’re the “I’m 99% sure” person who is wrong 40% of the time… or the “I have no idea” person who somehow keeps getting everything right. 😂
I’ve put the first samples up for free. No email required:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Khv2e_dSuWMYvp-mGcgyIM6Jb1sG-3fQ/view?usp=sharing
I’m a solo builder, so there’s a very real possibility I’ve spent way too much time building something that is only interesting to me. 🙃
So before I build through Day 90, I’d genuinely love to know:
- Did you actually finish it, or did you quietly disappear halfway through?
- Did anything feel fake, forced, or too “training course-y”?
- Would you voluntarily come back tomorrow?
- And most importantly… would you want to do 89 more days of this?
Not selling anything here.