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Ask HN: Web Development to Business Analytics

by parvatzar on 5/23/17, 3:55 AM with 0 comments

I am a web developer [.NET & SQL Server] with around 5 years of experience.I am currently exploring opportunities in the field of Business Analytics and find myself at a crossroad , trying to figure which direction to head to. Wondering whether I should remain a developer , gain new skills [JS-esque frameworks] , or pursue a career in Business Analytics. What further confuses me is the plethora of roles closing resembling one another in the Analytics domain i.e. data analytics,data science,business intelligence and analytics. Hoping those who might have found themselves at similar crossroads can advice on whether they chose one direction or the other , and on what basis , and if it was a good decision or not.

  • by brudgers on 5/23/17, 3:54 PM

    Random advice from the internet.

    It might be useful to reframe it as skills versus roles. A developer can have business analytics skills and a business analyst can have development skills and each are probably better for it. In terms of career, maybe the perfect role is a developer-analyst or an analyst-developer...these are things people do not describe in job solicitations because they are uncommon not because they are unneeded.

    Anyway, it is ok to just start learning about what you want to learn about (it can be both new frameworks and business intelligence). There's no college course that guarantees the correct decision will be made at each inflection point in one's life or career.

    Good luck