Easy to learn

Very helpful

NIce course.

Good course

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Overview:

The structure of the course (after a basic overview) goes through the labs first (which gives you screenshots on how to use BigQuery/Dataprep - click start then follow the steps) then the instructor goes through the lab afterwards.

Issues:

What is Data Fusion in comparison to Dataprep? They threw that in there without a connection.

In the BigQuery section if the hyperlinks are not working for you change "p=" to "project=" in the address bar. This took me a while to figure out. Would be helpful to understand the structure of the labs sections.

BigQuery has changed a lot so if you don't see something it probably does not exist anymore.

Tips:

I find doing one video a day easier to do than expecting myself to do this all in one go (mini habits).

Good to have some basic knowledge of SQL. Bottom line: Good for learning the basics of BigQuery and some SQL data cleansing.

The speaker's voice is not one of the easiest to listen to, especially for extended periods of time; moreover, he often lacks in clear pronunciation and timing. I understand the possibility of using subtitles, but it's one more effort on the part of the student, while we should focus on the content and draw conclusions. The quizzes are too short and easy; the labs seem to be focused on SQL (which could be taken for granted, at this level) instead of building up familiarity with BigQuery itself. It seems like most of the first labs are just fill-ups, it gets a little better in the labs about DataPrep. Shifting the attention from SQL to the two frameworks and their integration may be a better idea for the future, in my opinion.

One of the main reason I am giving it a 3 star is because the labs are very disorganized and not clear clarity on why the system is broken with linking with coursera after specific labs are complete. The knowledge gained about BigQuery and how data transformation can be done is good. However, the quizes arent hard or challenging at all. I feel it can use a bit of more logical questions which may cause you to think. Plus it kind of sounds promotional for google itself with this course where they talk a lot about the features and how overly impressive this. Come on Google. Let us decide that.

Starts out as mostly a product pitch, is fairly light on actual BigQuery / SQL skill-building & mental model-forming. Last piece of last module (on DataPrep) is entirely different, with much longer & more extensive lab exercises. Feels very uneven overall, and wouldn't be my preferred intro to GBQ (it wasn't). Despite these shortcomings, is a fairly decent intro. Will see how subsequent courses in the specialization are.