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RE: Six Figures

Koen Verbeeck — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:39:24 GMT

[quote][b]Kevin Mao (7/2/2012)[/b][hr]HI, KoenWhat kind of skills will you recommand to continue develop as BI developer? Thanks[/quote]A BI developer is usually somewhat of a rare breed:* you obviously need to have some technical skills, especially SQL. If you're doing analysis/reporting on OLAP, MDX can be useful and since the release of SQL Server 2012 SSAS Tabular DAX can be needed as well. But SQL should be your top priority.* if you're doing a lot of ETL development, .NET can be an asset. It's also useful for extending SSRS and SSIS.* dimensional modelling alla Kimball is a must in most companies and certainly if you work with SSAS, as it is loosely based on star schema modelling (fact and dimension tables)* business affinity: you need to relate to the business. Understand what they are doing, how they are doing it and why they are doing it. Your job is to give them insight in their data, so you need to understand the processes.* soft skills. As a BI developer, you usually have a lot of contact with the business. So communication skills are very important.* if you want to go deep in analytics and data mining, a strong background in mathemetics and statistics can get you a long way.

RE: Six Figures

Kevin Mao — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:33:01 GMT

HI, KoenWhat kind of skills will you recommand to continue develop as BI developer? Thanks

RE: Six Figures

SQLRNNR — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:43:13 GMT

[quote][b]Michael Valentine Jones (6/30/2012)[/b][hr]I don't give much credibility to anything I read on the InfoWorld site, even when they're quoting another source.They're just cheerleaders for the latest IT fads, and shills for their advertisers.Took me about 2 seconds on their site to find a perfect example of this:[i]"Your corporate data needs to be in the public cloud -- starting now"[/i][url]http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/your-corporate-data-needs-be-in-the-public-cloud-starting-now-196475[/url][/quote]I'm in the same boat. I take their articles with a grain of salt or 10.

RE: Six Figures

Bob Abernethy — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:50:10 GMT

Whenever you can take your IT skills and apply them in a more direct way to helping the business either solve it's problems or identify and capitalize on new opportunities, then you are making yourself more valuable to the business. BI is about doing those things. So it makes sense that the BI salaries are above average.

RE: Six Figures

Steve Jones - SSC Editor — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:31:28 GMT

[quote][b]SQLPhil (7/2/2012)[/b][hr]Sometimes in order to achieve the big-bucks salaries you have to make sacrifices along the way. I know a couple of people who wanted to break in to the DBA profession from their previous jobs, and took a pay cut in order to do so to gain the necessary experience. They're now building up to the level where they could take on a more independent role and become contractors if they wished, and I imagine would be very successful at that level.I think if you're willing to put in the graft, and are prepared to make some sacrifices along the way then it will pay dividends in the end. No one should expect to receive large salaries as a matter of course. You have to work for them![/quote]Very true. A little investment over time can pay itself back.

RE: Six Figures

Koen Verbeeck — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:15:29 GMT

As a BI developers with a few years experience I can't really complain about my salary. :-)Usually when I take a salary survey, I end up above the average pay check for an IT professional my age and my experience.But ssshhhht, don't tell my boss :-D

RE: Six Figures

Mike Hays — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:58:31 GMT

Good Article, I can relate to this one.

RE: Six Figures

SQLPhil — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:18:31 GMT

Sometimes in order to achieve the big-bucks salaries you have to make sacrifices along the way. I know a couple of people who wanted to break in to the DBA profession from their previous jobs, and took a pay cut in order to do so to gain the necessary experience. They're now building up to the level where they could take on a more independent role and become contractors if they wished, and I imagine would be very successful at that level.I think if you're willing to put in the graft, and are prepared to make some sacrifices along the way then it will pay dividends in the end. No one should expect to receive large salaries as a matter of course. You have to work for them!

RE: Six Figures

george-975422 — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:39:25 GMT

Locally there does seem a shortage of ETL(SSIS) programmers.

RE: Six Figures

Michael Valentine Jones — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:34:39 GMT

I don't give much credibility to anything I read on the InfoWorld site, even when they're quoting another source.They're just cheerleaders for the latest IT fads, and shills for their advertisers.Took me about 2 seconds on their site to find a perfect example of this:[i]"Your corporate data needs to be in the public cloud -- starting now"[/i][url]http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/your-corporate-data-needs-be-in-the-public-cloud-starting-now-196475[/url]

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:13:13 GMT

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