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Anita

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Anita

AM
Anita's other Tutor Subjects
Java
College Computer Science
JavaScript
HTML

I am a professional web developer with 15+ years experience with back-end development (Java, PHP, C#, .Net, REST API), database design/development (SQL, MYSQL, SQL Server) as well as front end development (CSS, HTML, XML, JavaScript, JQuery). I double majored in English and Computer Science and ha...

Education

Cornell University

AM

University of Pennsylvania

AM

Johnathan

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Johnathan

MS
Johnathan's other Tutor Subjects
Statistics Graduate Level
Statistics
Algebra
Business Analytics

I am passionate about helping students because have a zeal for the subject areas themselves. I am a Data Advocate, which makes me an advocate for all things that relate to the understanding, processing and proficiency in the "data space". This includes, but is not limited to, Math, Computer Programi...

Education

American University

MS

United States Air Force Academy

MS

Samuel

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Samuel

BS
Samuel's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Calculus
Middle School Math
Geometry
Calculus 3

Writing a basic SELECT query is easy; knowing when to use JOINs, subqueries, GROUP BY with HAVING, or window functions to get the exact dataset you need is where SQL gets interesting. Samuel's computer science training at UMBC gave him a strong grasp of relational database theory — normalization, ke...

Education

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

BS

Mithily

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Mithily

Bachelor's
Mithily's other Tutor Subjects
Trigonometry
Statistics
College Statistics
Biostatistics

I am a dedicated teacher committed to facilitating students in achieving their goals and in helping them stretch beyond what they think they can achieve.

Education

University

Bachelor's

Mohammed Shezan

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Mohammed Shezan

MED
Mohammed's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Trigonometry
Pre-Calculus
Middle School Math

I always believed serving the community eventually serves one well too and becoming a teacher did justice to my perception. After completing schI have always held the belief that serving the community ultimately benefits oneself as well, and my decision to become a teacher aligned perfectly with thi...

Education

University of British Columbia

MED

John

Certified Tutor

4+ years

John

Masters in Business Administration, Finance
John's other Tutor Subjects
Statistics
Calculus
Algebra
College Essays

Between his computer science degree, finance MBA, and experience with languages like Java and C++, John comes to SQL with both the programming fundamentals and the business context to make database querying practical — he knows what data people actually need to pull and why. He unpacks relational co...

Education

New York University

Masters in Business Administration, Finance

Yale University

Bachelor of Science

Courage

Certified Tutor

4+ years

Courage

Master of Science, Environmental Science
Courage's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Discrete Math
College Math

Knowing SELECT statements is one thing; writing efficient queries that join five tables without grinding a database to a halt is another. Courage teaches SQL from schema design and normalization through complex subqueries, window functions, and indexing strategies — drawing on his relational databas...

Education

kwame nkrumah university of science and technology

Master of Science, Environmental Science

kwame nkrumah university of science and technology

Bachelor of Science, Biological and Physical Sciences

University of the People

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Firas

Certified Tutor

3+ years

Firas

Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science
Firas's other Tutor Subjects
Applied Mathematics
Statistics
Middle School Math
Calculus

As a Princeton postdoctoral researcher working with large-scale datasets, Firas writes SQL daily to extract, transform, and analyze data for machine learning pipelines. He teaches relational database concepts — schema design, normalization, and query logic — by connecting them to how data actually f...

Education

Lebanese American University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science

Adam

Certified Tutor

2+ years

Adam

AB
Adam's other Tutor Subjects
ESL/ELL
High School English
World Religions
Religion

From building web applications in PHP and Python to designing databases that power those projects, Adam has written SQL as part of the full development cycle — not just in isolated exercises. That means he teaches queries, table relationships, and schema design in the context of how data actually fl...

Education

University of Waterloo

AB

Kevin

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Kevin

Master of Science, Computer Science
Kevin's other Tutor Subjects
Competition Math
Trigonometry
Pre-Calculus
Geometry

Writing a basic SELECT query is straightforward; knowing when to use JOINs, subqueries, window functions, and proper indexing is where SQL gets interesting. Kevin's experience building data-driven software at Stanford — including bioinformatics pipelines — means he teaches SQL as a tool for solving ...

Education

Stanford University

Master of Science, Computer Science

Stanford University

Bachelor of Science

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1590
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35

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