re: I'm starting a new career path in computer languages

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I don't know anything about coding. I am starting from scratch. Point me in the right direction in building a foundation, what languages I should learn and systems to learn.

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My first recommendation is always Python. It is easy to jump into, and has a wide variety of solid packages/libraries to help with things. However, it's just one tool, so you will eventually want to learn others. Where you go from there will be up to you and what interests you.

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How will it better my understanding of SAS and SQL?

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Not sure where you're going here. I assume you're referring to statistical analysis, in which case Python is a solid choice (R is another). And SQL is a language all its own, so plan on learning that in parallel with whatever other language(s) you may use with it.

So you have touched on SA and databases... any idea where you're headed with programming?