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I have been employed at two corporate offices over the past 5 years since graduating college (Year 0-2 as Billing and Analyst/ Financial Reports; Year 2-5 as IT Business Analyst/ Report Developer). I have completed my work successfully, and have made considerable improvements in my working environment. I am most competent at data analysis, and I have decent programming skills. For data analysis (Excel, SQL Server, SSRS, PowerBI), and for programming (Excel VBA; wrote a Batch File process once to move a file source to target folder; can use the Command Line for some tasks). There are a few language that I'd be interested in learning (Python, R), but I do not currently know them and I don't know how long it would take me to learn them (assuming I had a project in mind).
I feel like my skills are valuable as I have consistently proven that
I can learn new technologies and solve various business problems. In
spite of all this, I feel uncertain as towhat career to pursue&
how to proceed with landing a job that earns more money(which is
critically important, as I am a support stay-at-home wife & two boys),
anddo I have the confidence to make this move.
I'm assuming I should try staying in the IT Field, because I assume it pays better than business positions. However, my degree is in Finance and my technical knowledge is all "hands-on"/ "on-the-job". And I feel someone inadequately educated with regards to corporate technology infrastructure and best practices. I manage reports but there are other people that manage Network systems (administration on phones? computers?), Business system admins (Lawson, Dynamics AX), Business systems analysts (small and medium-sized COTS software: EDI, Onbase, etc...), Technology admins (SharePoint, Report Server [me], Data Warehouse), Application Developers (custom apps, data integration), Network Engineers (not sure how to even explain their work? but I know it's important).
Basically I feel that I am worth more than I earn (but I'm not for certain), and I am not very confident as to how to pursue a higher income. I am thinking of earning a certification (MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014 or MCSA: BI Reporting), but that could take many months and I'm not sure how much value that would even add to my income. And then there's a whole bunch of different job titles that are interesting to me, but I think this covers quite a few range of topics and required experience-- Data Architect, Business Intelligence (BI) Architect, Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst, Business Intelligence (BI) Developer, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Business Analyst IT, Software Developer, Data Analyst, Insights Analyst, Data Modeler, Database Developer, Database Administrator. The BLS: Ocupational Employment Stats for Computer and Mathematical Occupations reports a pretty decent national income for Computer Systems Analyst, but I never see jobs posted with that title. The amount of options are overwhelming and I would like some advice on how to advance my career without "spinning my wheels", and how to get a higher paying job quickly (3-6 months). By spinning my wheels I mean spending hours and hours running salary reports on various sites (in an attempt to gauge my market value), surfing job postings (without really applying to any), and constantly asking the question "would this be a good idea" (without really committing too much time to actually learning a new language; or knowing if I actually have a chance at landing some of these jobs).
My current title is Business Intelligence Architect. My job is pretty stable, but there are weeks-at-a-time where I do not feel my skills being stretched and developed. And I get the impression there is very little emphasis by management regarding my skills development and placement. They're just happy I'm there to help when I can. And if I can learn something on my own accord that helps them out, then that's nice.
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I have been employed at two corporate offices over the past 5 years since graduating college (Year 0-2 as Billing and Analyst/ Financial Reports; Year 2-5 as IT Business Analyst/ Report Developer). I have completed my work successfully, and have made considerable improvements in my working environment. I am most competent at data analysis, and I have decent programming skills. For data analysis (Excel, SQL Server, SSRS, PowerBI), and for programming (Excel VBA; wrote a Batch File process once to move a file source to target folder; can use the Command Line for some tasks). There are a few language that I'd be interested in learning (Python, R), but I do not currently know them and I don't know how long it would take me to learn them (assuming I had a project in mind).
I feel like my skills are valuable as I have consistently proven that
I can learn new technologies and solve various business problems. In
spite of all this, I feel uncertain as towhat career to pursue&
how to proceed with landing a job that earns more money(which is
critically important, as I am a support stay-at-home wife & two boys),
anddo I have the confidence to make this move.
I'm assuming I should try staying in the IT Field, because I assume it pays better than business positions. However, my degree is in Finance and my technical knowledge is all "hands-on"/ "on-the-job". And I feel someone inadequately educated with regards to corporate technology infrastructure and best practices. I manage reports but there are other people that manage Network systems (administration on phones? computers?), Business system admins (Lawson, Dynamics AX), Business systems analysts (small and medium-sized COTS software: EDI, Onbase, etc...), Technology admins (SharePoint, Report Server [me], Data Warehouse), Application Developers (custom apps, data integration), Network Engineers (not sure how to even explain their work? but I know it's important).
Basically I feel that I am worth more than I earn (but I'm not for certain), and I am not very confident as to how to pursue a higher income. I am thinking of earning a certification (MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014 or MCSA: BI Reporting), but that could take many months and I'm not sure how much value that would even add to my income. And then there's a whole bunch of different job titles that are interesting to me, but I think this covers quite a few range of topics and required experience-- Data Architect, Business Intelligence (BI) Architect, Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst, Business Intelligence (BI) Developer, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Business Analyst IT, Software Developer, Data Analyst, Insights Analyst, Data Modeler, Database Developer, Database Administrator. The BLS: Ocupational Employment Stats for Computer and Mathematical Occupations reports a pretty decent national income for Computer Systems Analyst, but I never see jobs posted with that title. The amount of options are overwhelming and I would like some advice on how to advance my career without "spinning my wheels", and how to get a higher paying job quickly (3-6 months). By spinning my wheels I mean spending hours and hours running salary reports on various sites (in an attempt to gauge my market value), surfing job postings (without really applying to any), and constantly asking the question "would this be a good idea" (without really committing too much time to actually learning a new language; or knowing if I actually have a chance at landing some of these jobs).
My current title is Business Intelligence Architect. My job is pretty stable, but there are weeks-at-a-time where I do not feel my skills being stretched and developed. And I get the impression there is very little emphasis by management regarding my skills development and placement. They're just happy I'm there to help when I can. And if I can learn something on my own accord that helps them out, then that's nice.
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I have been employed at two corporate offices over the past 5 years since graduating college (Year 0-2 as Billing and Analyst/ Financial Reports; Year 2-5 as IT Business Analyst/ Report Developer). I have completed my work successfully, and have made considerable improvements in my working environment. I am most competent at data analysis, and I have decent programming skills. For data analysis (Excel, SQL Server, SSRS, PowerBI), and for programming (Excel VBA; wrote a Batch File process once to move a file source to target folder; can use the Command Line for some tasks). There are a few language that I'd be interested in learning (Python, R), but I do not currently know them and I don't know how long it would take me to learn them (assuming I had a project in mind).
I feel like my skills are valuable as I have consistently proven that
I can learn new technologies and solve various business problems. In
spite of all this, I feel uncertain as towhat career to pursue&
how to proceed with landing a job that earns more money(which is
critically important, as I am a support stay-at-home wife & two boys),
anddo I have the confidence to make this move.
I'm assuming I should try staying in the IT Field, because I assume it pays better than business positions. However, my degree is in Finance and my technical knowledge is all "hands-on"/ "on-the-job". And I feel someone inadequately educated with regards to corporate technology infrastructure and best practices. I manage reports but there are other people that manage Network systems (administration on phones? computers?), Business system admins (Lawson, Dynamics AX), Business systems analysts (small and medium-sized COTS software: EDI, Onbase, etc...), Technology admins (SharePoint, Report Server [me], Data Warehouse), Application Developers (custom apps, data integration), Network Engineers (not sure how to even explain their work? but I know it's important).
Basically I feel that I am worth more than I earn (but I'm not for certain), and I am not very confident as to how to pursue a higher income. I am thinking of earning a certification (MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014 or MCSA: BI Reporting), but that could take many months and I'm not sure how much value that would even add to my income. And then there's a whole bunch of different job titles that are interesting to me, but I think this covers quite a few range of topics and required experience-- Data Architect, Business Intelligence (BI) Architect, Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst, Business Intelligence (BI) Developer, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Business Analyst IT, Software Developer, Data Analyst, Insights Analyst, Data Modeler, Database Developer, Database Administrator. The BLS: Ocupational Employment Stats for Computer and Mathematical Occupations reports a pretty decent national income for Computer Systems Analyst, but I never see jobs posted with that title. The amount of options are overwhelming and I would like some advice on how to advance my career without "spinning my wheels", and how to get a higher paying job quickly (3-6 months). By spinning my wheels I mean spending hours and hours running salary reports on various sites (in an attempt to gauge my market value), surfing job postings (without really applying to any), and constantly asking the question "would this be a good idea" (without really committing too much time to actually learning a new language; or knowing if I actually have a chance at landing some of these jobs).
My current title is Business Intelligence Architect. My job is pretty stable, but there are weeks-at-a-time where I do not feel my skills being stretched and developed. And I get the impression there is very little emphasis by management regarding my skills development and placement. They're just happy I'm there to help when I can. And if I can learn something on my own accord that helps them out, then that's nice.
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I have been employed at two corporate offices over the past 5 years since graduating college (Year 0-2 as Billing and Analyst/ Financial Reports; Year 2-5 as IT Business Analyst/ Report Developer). I have completed my work successfully, and have made considerable improvements in my working environment. I am most competent at data analysis, and I have decent programming skills. For data analysis (Excel, SQL Server, SSRS, PowerBI), and for programming (Excel VBA; wrote a Batch File process once to move a file source to target folder; can use the Command Line for some tasks). There are a few language that I'd be interested in learning (Python, R), but I do not currently know them and I don't know how long it would take me to learn them (assuming I had a project in mind).
I feel like my skills are valuable as I have consistently proven that
I can learn new technologies and solve various business problems. In
spite of all this, I feel uncertain as towhat career to pursue&
how to proceed with landing a job that earns more money(which is
critically important, as I am a support stay-at-home wife & two boys),
anddo I have the confidence to make this move.
I'm assuming I should try staying in the IT Field, because I assume it pays better than business positions. However, my degree is in Finance and my technical knowledge is all "hands-on"/ "on-the-job". And I feel someone inadequately educated with regards to corporate technology infrastructure and best practices. I manage reports but there are other people that manage Network systems (administration on phones? computers?), Business system admins (Lawson, Dynamics AX), Business systems analysts (small and medium-sized COTS software: EDI, Onbase, etc...), Technology admins (SharePoint, Report Server [me], Data Warehouse), Application Developers (custom apps, data integration), Network Engineers (not sure how to even explain their work? but I know it's important).
Basically I feel that I am worth more than I earn (but I'm not for certain), and I am not very confident as to how to pursue a higher income. I am thinking of earning a certification (MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014 or MCSA: BI Reporting), but that could take many months and I'm not sure how much value that would even add to my income. And then there's a whole bunch of different job titles that are interesting to me, but I think this covers quite a few range of topics and required experience-- Data Architect, Business Intelligence (BI) Architect, Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst, Business Intelligence (BI) Developer, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Business Analyst IT, Software Developer, Data Analyst, Insights Analyst, Data Modeler, Database Developer, Database Administrator. The BLS: Ocupational Employment Stats for Computer and Mathematical Occupations reports a pretty decent national income for Computer Systems Analyst, but I never see jobs posted with that title. The amount of options are overwhelming and I would like some advice on how to advance my career without "spinning my wheels", and how to get a higher paying job quickly (3-6 months). By spinning my wheels I mean spending hours and hours running salary reports on various sites (in an attempt to gauge my market value), surfing job postings (without really applying to any), and constantly asking the question "would this be a good idea" (without really committing too much time to actually learning a new language; or knowing if I actually have a chance at landing some of these jobs).
My current title is Business Intelligence Architect. My job is pretty stable, but there are weeks-at-a-time where I do not feel my skills being stretched and developed. And I get the impression there is very little emphasis by management regarding my skills development and placement. They're just happy I'm there to help when I can. And if I can learn something on my own accord that helps them out, then that's nice.
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