https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Should-I-learn-SAS-Programming/m-p/887349#M39376 <P>I have heard a lot about this and for the summer, I was browsing a lot of internships. I have never really learned SAS but I have worked with Python (I consider myself pretty decent in this) and also I have learnt the basics of R (working a course on Data Science for this). So while browsing internships, I have come across people requiring a knowledge of SAS apart from my skillset. Should I do it? Do you know any good courses on Coursera for the same? Or a good textbook?</P> Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:31:16 GMT adkins 2023-08-01T17:31:16Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Should-I-learn-SAS-Programming/m-p/887349#M39376 <P>I have heard a lot about this and for the summer, I was browsing a lot of internships. I have never really learned SAS but I have worked with Python (I consider myself pretty decent in this) and also I have learnt the basics of R (working a course on Data Science for this). So while browsing internships, I have come across people requiring a knowledge of SAS apart from my skillset. Should I do it? Do you know any good courses on Coursera for the same? Or a good textbook?</P> Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:31:16 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Should-I-learn-SAS-Programming/m-p/887349#M39376 adkins 2023-08-01T17:31:16Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Should-I-learn-SAS-Programming/m-p/887354#M39377 <P>Programming 1 and Statistics 1 are available online for free (among others):&nbsp;<A href="https://www.sas.com/de_at/training/offers/free-training.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.sas.com/de_at/training/offers/free-training.html</A>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:47:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Should-I-learn-SAS-Programming/m-p/887354#M39377 Kurt_Bremser 2023-08-01T17:47:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Should-I-learn-SAS-Programming/m-p/887381#M39378 <P>This may be stating the obvious, but unless you intend to pursue an internship and career involving SAS then I wouldn't be learning it just for the sake of it. But having personally had a career involving SAS stretching over 40 years, I can definitely say it is both possible and extremely worthwhile.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:09:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Should-I-learn-SAS-Programming/m-p/887381#M39378 SASKiwi 2023-08-01T20:09:21Z