Business Analyst Puns

I’m progressing through datacamp’s SQL courses and curious to know more about your learning path.

I currently work for a biiiiiig healthcare company. My current title is business analytics analyst and I make $25 an hour.

Is that an appropriate rate? I have about 3 years of experience. I feel like Glassdoor isn’t accurate sometimes.

Edit: I’m based in the Nashville area and a majority of what I do it just data clean up with excel. I do work reports, but the majority of my job is ensuring data is correct to load for letters and insurance cards before they get sent out.

Hello All!

I'm fairly new to working as a Business Analyst, previously coming from an Application Support background for 4 years, I've been working as a BA and Sr. BA (I know, it makes no sense) for roughly a year and a half now for two different companies.

What I have noticed, not only from working in the roles but reading, searching through job roles and many interviews is the following, and I'm curious to hear your thoughts, opinions and experiences as well;

1. The Business Analyst role doesn't seem well-defined or reasonable in most job descriptions
   1. Typically the roles seem to be a catch-all of many things such as data analyst, scrum master, Project Manager, Product Owner, Technical Writer etc. It makes sense for a BA to have knowledge/skills in these areas - but with some guard rails to ensure focus (depending on the org/project).
   2. It seems that, in today's world, organizations are taking advantage of this to effectively make a business analyst ALL of the roles, at times for less than market salary for even one. I've found myself quickly becoming the Project Manager, Business Analyst, Scrum Master and Product Owner. I see more and more job descriptions seemingly looking for this.
2. The Business Analyst is the clear and common target for a scapegoat
   1. Due to the ambiguous role definition of the BA, I've found in many cases that the Business Analyst becomes stuck between a rock and a hard place if the project isn't going well or other members of the team aren't performing. Because their lines aren't clearly defined, they either become responsible for the outcomes of underperforming devs, become responsible for generating requirements for a product with an unclear vision from a product owner/manager, etc. effectively guaranteeing outcomes from either uncooperative stakeholders, internal teams or project members.

Today, Business Analysts are in increasing demand, but I can't help but wonder if it's due to the nature/ambiguity of the role being an easy opportunity for companies to get more for less money. Due to being so new to the arena, I'm sure I've misunderstood or am missing many things but I'm curious how others feel about my points or what your personal experiences/issues with being a Business Analyst have been?

5 months ago i asked a question here and one of them referred me to ITCareerquestions and from there i realized i would like to become a business analyst. What sort of degrees should i try to get? Currently a junior in highschool and i just want to try to map out my path in the future. Also if there are any business analysts here may you tell me a bit about what you do and what the job deals with?

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Ho sempre lavorato in realtà non molto strutturate dove il lavoro di analisi del business del cliente/utente veniva fatto dal project manager/programmatore anziano accompagnato dal commerciale.

Si capiva come era la 'situazione attuale', che procedure il software che si andava a sviluppare avrebbe dovuto automatizzare/migliorare ,si facevano previsioni su come il software avrebbe cambiato tutto questo e su quanto ci sarebbe voluto per sviluppare le varie feature.

Ecco questa per me era l'analisi del business : chi analizzava alla fine metteva anche le mani 'in pasta' nel codice ma si occupava anche di preparare gli UML, i casi d'uso etc.

Girando però su Linkedin vedo che la figura del BA "puro" spesso e volentieri il codice nemmeno lo vede ma fa più da ponte fra stakeholders e parte tecnica spiegando a questa come funziona il mondo dell'utente e all'utente come andrà a cambiare il suo mondo con l'introduzione delle magie informatiche

Domanda anzi domande agli amici programmatori e informatici in generale ( e magari a qualche BA che bazzica qui ) .

Cosa ne pensate voi della figura del BA puro?

La ritenete utile/inutile ?

Magari superata in ottica AGILE ? Pensate che debba avere un background tecnico magari da ex developer o ritenete che basti un infarinatura di quello che è il mondo dello sviluppo ? O ancora meglio ritenete che debba fondersi con altre figure ( PM, Analista funzionale etc ) ?

Concludo con un pensiero chiaramente estremista di un mio ex collega sviluppatore sui BA puri:
"IL BA è quello che fa domande sceme all'utente, li rincitrullisce con power point vari e poi comunica quello che ha capito agli sviluppatori. Peccato che le sue analisi il 90% delle volte siano sbagliate e quando a software ultimato tocca aggiungere evolutive per casi d'uso mai pensati il BA è già sparito nel nulla con il suo lauto stipendio lasciando nella melma il team di programmazione e quello di assistenza utenti."

Been trying to figure this one out for awhile. It seems like both pretty much do the same thing, use SQL to organize and analyze data and Tableau/Power BI for visualization. And most sources online say that BI analysts make ~$10k more on average.

A description of your role would be helpful!

As the title states Im curious as to how a typical day/week in the life of an Epic Business Analyst would look beyond reading a job description? There are a couple of postings from local health care organizations that are hiring and I’m curious what these settings entail in this position. Would anyone have any insight for me?

I am an IE student and was recently offered a business intelligence analyst internship. I was wondering if this falls in line with IE and if it is good experience.

Workers are experts on why they are quitting. This shit is ridiculous.

I have been trying to get a complete picture of what a business analyst do, but there seems to be a lot different answers. Can someone tell me what are your responsibilities and what is expected of you. Thank you for your time.

Does anyone else have a business systems analyst at their work? We have a data analyst who was promoted to this, but he knows nothing about our system and has no more admin rights than reception.

He is creating so much havoc for me as he does not follow procedures or policies but yet seems to get away with it.

An example of this would be an upgrade to our accounts package he sent out a email to everyone saying to expect it to be slow in the next few weeks as the upgrade happens…. Its not even on our network it’s been built in cloud storage to test then migrated over to the sql once it’s completed.

He is also part of the accounts team rather than ours …. That says it all

Client: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Location: 100% remote during the pandemic, TBD afterwards. If you prove you’re a good employee, it’s very possible you can get approved to work 100% remote forever.

US Citizens ONLY since the government ONLY allows US citizens to obtain a government clearance.

If you’re interested, please CHAT me with a copy of your resume (do not message me, I hate the reddit message interfact). The best way people have been sending them to me is through a Google Doc (with a link that 'anyone who has access to the link can view'). Feel free to redact personal information, if you want.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Hi i am an economics undergrad and wanted to know the things to do to make a career in Business Analytics in India. I previous posted in r/Indian_Academia but it gets keeping removed. I know for a fact I can google but the noise is way too much there.

I would be helpful if someone from within the field would be able to guide me on what all to do to upskill myself in the next 6-7 months. Especially useful if you could mention the pathway you took as well. I would be grateful if some sort of informal mentoring is given as well

Thnx

I am currently in a B Analytics masters program, and was told it is very unlikely I’ll get a position as a data analyst (what I want), and become a business analyst instead. Would like to hear others perspectives and advice while on the job hunt. Thank you in advance!

I am a BA with a solid track record and YEO earned exclusively in banking/capital markets. Do you think BA roles are amenable to overemployment?

Objectives:

1. Pay off a sizable debt
2. Expand my career to other industries (pharma, sap ..)
3. Expand my skills to other areas like data analytics/science

Thank you in advance

Hi all,

Stumbled into SQL at work one day trying to join datasets (I work state gov) and have been interested in it ever since. I started messing with postgres in my free time and then fell into an internet hole and taught myself some basic html, css, and JavaScript. I also have a background in some very rudimentary SAS.

I really enjoy working with data + coding and I’m interested in finding a role in the next few years where I can use it more often. However, I have a public health policy background and I can’t really picture myself in a traditional corporate business analyst role.

What roles exist outside of this? Is it feasible to make the transition from a program coordinatorish role into a more technical space?

Thanks for your input!

I am a Salesforce Admin certified and going to switch my career midway and joining as Salesforce Business Analyst. Could someone help me to share tips and study materials or videos for my preparation before joining the office. Do I need to do any BA certification?

So basically, I'm still in college. There is a local company (CGI) that has been hitting our school hard with recruiting, and they're hiring business analysts at an office that's somewhat convenient for me.

They do a 6 month paid training process, and my friend actually got an offer from them for like 54k a year with benefits as his first "real" job out of college. Company culture seems cool enough and I think it may actually benefit me quite a bit in regards to "professionalism".

I think I can also get a similar offer as him if I really chase it.

I know you guys probably make a lot more in some cases, but that's DECENT money for me, seeing as the most I've ever made somewhere was like 13-15$ an hour doing factory work. I could easily pay my bills, dent my student loans, and maybe even save some for investments.

I'm very fiscally conservative and I can save money like Mr. Krabbs.

They offer a stock matching program, insurance, and that other matching program.. I don't remember what it's called atm.

But, I have till May 2022 to try and improve my skills. I'm actually an IT student, but we also take a good bit of software development-oriented classes and I've had a few more CS-oriented classes.

My girlfriend is currently working the best job she's ever had (she's an epileptic) and I'm trying to not have to change her life too much unless I get an amazing offer somewhere.

So the "safe" company could theoretically hire me for around 50-55k and I'd only have to travel like 40 minutes to work, which isn't bad seeing as that's what I do to go to school now anyway.

My question is if you were in my shoes or those of you who have experience; should I be comfortable taking a position like that? At least to start with. I don't want to make it sound like a guaranteed thing, because it isn't, but I think I could really have a solid chance of getting on there and not changing my life too much to do so.

Or do you think if I really, really started grinding between now and then maybe I could get a better offer, possibly even a remote one doing coding or design?

I have development experience. I'm just not sure it's up to an "industry standard", so I'd feel a lot more comfortable applying for those positions after a period of really focusing on improving my skillset in that area.

Thoughts?

So I've been contacted by an Amazon recruiter to interview for an internship position at Amazon - at first I was quite excited about this as I would imagine the FAANG brand would be pretty helpful in future. The only issue is, they are offering a business analyst position, not software engineering (I cold applied for that a good few months ago and never got a response - perhaps it would be possible to use my direct contact with a recruiter now to have them reconsider?)

My question is simply, would this be worth pursing just so I can write 'Amazon' on my CV and get my foot in the door so to speak? The description implies some degree of data handling with R and Python is involved (also mentions Django which seemed a bit odd? - building data visualisation dashboards maybe?) so perhaps not complete unrelated to what I ultimately want to purse. https://amazon.jobs/en-gb/jobs/1711438/business-analysis-intern

Any opinions / suggestions would be much appreciated.

I heard that I may be able to access online financial research, analyst reports etc via UBC library online resources (equivalent to paid access to bloomberg). I haven't been able to find any of this online. Anyone know if access is available to learn more about companies and what analysts say about them?

Hello there. I'm looking for a job as Business Analyst or Data Analyst, entry-level. Anywhere in Tunisia: Tunis, Ben Arous, Sfax, Sousse, Monastir. I finish school this semester with a Master's degree in Business Analyst. Any recommendation.

If yes DM me.

Sziasztok! Szerintetek van gyakorlati haszna egy business analyst képzést elvégezni? Adatelemzéssel foglalkozom egy nem IT jellegű nagy cégnél, és az utóbbi időben részt vettem 2 software fejlesztési projekt követelmény management részében, mint projekt vezető (ne kérdezzétek, hogy kerültem oda.) Ezután gondolkoztam el, hogy akár még érdekelne is + hasznos lehet az üzleti elemzői tudás. Ha hasznosnak tartjátok, akkor mely szolgáltatókat tudnátok ajánlani?

New BA here wondering how you managed to work during your pregnancy? TIA

Hopefully moving to Toronto this year. My current employer is willing to hire me so I can continue from there. But due to differences in time, I can't continue with the Product Development team as a business analyst unfortunately, so I'm thinking of working for the sales team of the same company till I get back.

Little bit about me.

2 years of Experience as a Business Analyst.

No prior sales experience. Know a little bit about SQLs, MQLs, closing deals which I learned online.

Will be mostly selling products I managed/designed directly or indirectly for the last couple of years.

So what would the minimum wage be?

For reference, the minimum wage for BA's in Toronto with 2 years of experience is between 40-50 dollars according to Glassdoor.

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⚙️ Tech stack: Data, DevOps, Git, JavaScript, AWS

💰 75’000 - 100’000 CHF / year

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I was wondering if you guys could paint a picture, and give a detailed description on what kind of specific projects a business analyst might work on at a place like Grubhub. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Perhaps for positions like the following three.

https://careers-grubhub.icims.com/jobs/12728/sr.-continuous-improvement-analyst/job

https://careers-grubhub.icims.com/jobs/12977/business-analyst/job

https://careers-grubhub.icims.com/jobs/12793/sr.-analyst%2c-back-end/job

My apologies for the hassle.

Hey everyone, happy new year!

I’m curious about everyone’s experience with process eng/development and business/data analyst roles and their pros and cons. I live in the Northeast US with a BS in ChemE, currently working heavily with data but am not sure which direction I want to take my career. My current experience aligns closer with business/data analysis and I really don’t mind it, but I’m also curious about how I might like process development work in the labs or on the floor.

Also wondering if it would be difficult to transition when I eventually choose to go one route over the other.

Thanks, any insight is appreciated!

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for advice on where to navigate my career.

I'm currently a Business Systems Analyst at a company, where the primary work consists of gathering requirements from stakeholders, designing a solution, building it with whatever tools we have in house, and if we don't have anything in house, vetting whatever solutions are out there. Managing the projects from inception to implementation. When not running the project, there's a lot of building the backend mechanics for other people. This is great because we get to learn about what everyone is doing in every department, and what systems they use and their challenges.

Recently there's a position to move to a Technical Specialist role where I can have, if I want it. The primary responsibilities would be managing the IT infrastructure. So managing everything from enterprise network switches to user level laptops, developing company IT usage policies, and getting a firm grip on our servers and network security. So there's a good mix of backend level work, and also some user front end work like setting up TVs and Meeting room cameras. We contract some of this work out, but we are getting big enough to manage this in-house. And truthfully, the service quality levels would be much better if we brought this in-house.

To me, these are 2 very different roles, and not really a promotion but a move sideways. Personally I love the researching, learning, building out the solutions and sharing what I've learned. In either position I can get plenty of fulfillment there. I have less experience with the servers and networking, and I would learn a great deal. The OCD side of me knows it's really poorly run right now, and could be much better. I already have a bunch of ideas of how to get rolling in the new role and pretty excited to get to work on them.

However, I'm struggling with how far a switch like this would take my career. As a BSA we focus on the business operationally. Which I think can take you up the ranks pretty quickly as we would learn and know all the processes in all departments that make the business.

Technical Specialist is a new role to me. I feel like I would be good at it. But I'm just not sure where it leads to after that. Like once we make this place buttery smooth with rock solid processes, where do we take our skills next? Is there a title in the corporate ladder that we should be striving for? Which stream do you guys think has a higher earning potenti

Hi,

I'm preparing to transfer from IT major to Economics-Finance major in next semester and I need to choose a minor. I have concerned these minors: accounting for managers, digital marketing, and digital business, but I have no idea which one can "support" me if I want to work as analyst in the future.

Here are three minors and list of courses:

Accountant for Managers:

• ACCT2158 Financial Accounting & Analysis
• ACCT2126 Management Accounting and Business
• ACCT2197 Performance Analysis and Simulations
• ACCT2160 Cost Analysis and Applications

Digital Marketing

• MKTG1420 Digital Business Development
• MKTG1422 Digital Marketing Communication
• COMM2789 Digital Content Creation
• MKTG1419 Social Media and Mobile Marketing

Digital Business

• OMGT2326 Financial Technology
• MKTG1432 Digital Marketing
• ISYS2453 Design Thinking and the Digital Startup
• ISYS2424 Information Systems Strategy and Governance

p/s: I studied Python and basic SQL in previous courses and I'm still practicing everyday. I decided to switch out of IT path since I really burnt out and stressed :(

Thank you for reading my post :>

Original post here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalFinanceNZ/comments/o1j5m4/anyone_here_changed_from_straight_it_to_business/

Thanks to everyone who responded, even if I didn't reply I did read all the comments.

As of Monday next week I have a new job as a Cybersecurity Engineer with a Salary of 110k (which, while on the low end of cybersecurity engineering, is roughly what I expected given that this is my first Cybersecurity job).

I also could move into Cybersecurity Architecture or Consulting once I prove myself.

FWIW I was looking at Solution Architect Roles, Cloud Engineer Roles and Cybersecurity roles.

If you want to change jobs in the tech industry now's the time while the borders are closed and new talent is very hard to come by.

Recently got pushed out of the job I currently was in. I am interested in a career swap into the Technology world as an analyst. I just don't know where to really begin. If anyone could provide tips and tricks that would be much appreciate!

A positioned opened up at my current company and I was encouraged to apply for it by my superior.

However, I feel extremely under qualified and am not feeling very confident.

My current role I do almost the same type of work a data analyst does (although my title isn’t “Data Analyst”), and I have heavy experience with PowerBI/Excel etc (use those daily at work, build dashboards, manipulate datasets etc), and I am comfortable with Python (although I don’t use it at work, I use it at home almost daily).

I don’t know much about SQL or R, but am currently in the middle of a Data Analyst Certificate from IBM which covers SQL. Also, I’m sure I could at least get the basics down on the fly with some quick googling (with SQL, R looks like I will definitely need some time with).

Other than that, I don’t really know what else to expect in the interview. Not sure if I will be tested or not, or what type of questions they will ask.

I don’t know, doing some research on BI Analysts, they seem far more advanced than what I’m used too, so I’m not really sure why I was encouraged to go for it. Don’t get me wrong, the pay increase would be nice, I just don’t want to embarrass myself in an interview and not know a single answer to any of the questions.

Anyone have experience with this position and can offer up advice? Thank you!

Basically the title. I’ve been working as a teller since I graduated college with my bachelor’s in math, and since I’m wanting to go back to school for my master’s in the upcoming fall semester, would roles like a financial analyst/business analyst be helpful? I’m worried that because I have no relevant experience in terms of IE how an admissions committee will view my resume. Also, to add a bit more context, I’d like to specialize in operations research.

Hi it’s on Thursday and I’d like someone experienced to critique me. There’s a case study

I'm thinking about taking the GPA off but am worried it will disqualify me for positions that require a 3.0+ GPA. Also how is the skill section? I applied to 60 places since August and only 2 interviews. Thanks!

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And what's the ceiling like? (comp wise)

Any info & guidance will be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi all!

I have been a BA for a 2 years and gone through 2 performance reviews. The biggest challenge I face is producing 'tangible' outcomes in these conversations.

For context, I was a developer before moving to a BA role. As a developer, it was a really straightforward performance conversation. I was very accustom to having results that were more evident. For example , I could clearly state how many objects/programs I had delivered and defects I fixed. Any existing flow fixed or gap identified would be a plus. It was pretty black and white.

As a BA, the work is mainly to support successful delivery. There is so much that goes from ideation to final deployment. But I find it difficult to articulate it as fancy outcomes. Gathering requirements and documenting it seems like the only ones that you completely own. Process gaps identified are a plus but these are (hopefully) not always guaranteed. This too is pretty basic. Rest of the zillion things done sounds like a collaborative effort, which it most certainly is, but without you maybe it wouldn't have been the same. Then again, there is no way to be certain of it.

My performance conversations so far have been about the challenges I faced with stakeholders and how I overcame it, any process gaps and domain knowledge showcased through well-written stories. To be honest preparing for performance reviews seems amoung the toughest bit of being a BA.

I would like to get your thoughts/suggestions on how you have your performance discussions and what do you showcase as key outcomes to set you apart.

Moreover, if you are a BA manager that assess BAs at EOY, how do you compare BAs that are working in different areas/projects and are faced with different challenges?

Thank you!

Hopefully moving to Toronto this year. My current employer is willing to hire me so I can continue from there. But due to differences in time, I can't continue with the Product Development team as a business analyst unfortunately, so I'm thinking of working for the sales team of the same company till I get back.

Little bit about me.

2 years of Experience as a Business Analyst.

No prior sales experience. Know a little bit about SQLs, MQLs, closing deals which I learned online.

Will be mostly selling products I managed/designed directly or indirectly for the last couple of years.

So what would the minimum wage be?

For reference, the minimum wage for BA's in Toronto with 2 years of experience is between 40-50 dollars according to Glassdoor.