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Career Webinar: Should you become a BI Developer? Start recording www.KatieAndEmil.com

Thank you: To everyone who decided to attend. All KEBI Academy fellow members: Thanks to you we are here. Peter who helps us with Testing. WiseOwl UK “face to face” training specialist who partnered with us.

Why this webinar? I have asked myself this question in 2007 and it took a lot of research before I made my decision. I made an informed decision but I took a lot of effort before I made it reality. I want to share my experience with you today so you can make an informed decision much faster and avoid pitfalls.

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Webinar agenda: Introduction 5 min Polls 10 min Demand, Skills & Effort 15 min Career steps and job search? 10 min Where to learn BI and is it fun? 10 min DIY Tasks 5 min Summary 5 min Questions and Answers (optional) 5+ min

Fundraising money (charity) www.KatieAndEmil.com/charity We donate when: We get new members We get new Google+ Followers When visitors/member report a bug/issue So far we’ve raised £350+ and donated £250 ourselves.

Webinar Goal Get information that will help you to make a more informed decision if you should become a BI Developer or not. KEBI Academy Members If the answer is YES than we recommend using our Learning Plans, Learning Map and past Webinar Recordings (SSRS Boot Camp)

ClickWebinar Software Full Screen use ESC button to exit Chat Window (Questions) is located in the bottom left corner I will answer ALL questions at the end. You can type your questions during the webinar.

Polls (Part A) Start the polls

BI Definition What is BI? Business intelligence (BI) is a set of theories, methodologies, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes. [Wikipedia] Companies build BI Systems

BI Developer Definition Who is considered a Microsoft BI Developer? People with RS, IS and AS (Optional) + Kimball / DW

Are BI Developers in demand? It depends on: Country  Region  City Timing: New Financial Year (spike) After Summer Before / After Christmas

Is SSRS in Demand?

Is SSIS in Demand?

Is SSAS in Demand?

Is Business Objects in demand?

Is Crystal reports in demand?

How about Tableau?

Is QlikView in demand?

Salary Histogram

Rate Histogram

Average Salary/Rates Summary Permanent Contract Description Rank Salary Total Jobs Rate "Salary" Developer 1 £42,500 32,356 375 £75,000 11,190 SQL 3 23,837 4 7,392 SQL Server 6 £41,000 17,887 10 363 £72,600 4,713 Microsoft 7 £40,000 17,307 350 £70,000 5,991 Analyst 15,593 9,066 MS Excel 20 9,565 23 325 £65,000 3,316 Consultant 26 £52,500 7,560 17 440 £88,000 3,854 Architect 42 £67,500 5,779 25 500 £100,000 3,191 T-SQL 60 4,316 100 338 £67,600 955 SSRS 72 3,760 79 1,114 Microsoft certification 74 3,716 142 315 £63,000 710 SSIS 78 £45,000 3,572 76 1,169 Data warehouse 85 £50,000 3,278 55 425 £85,000 1,644 SSAS 146 £46,500 1,999 174 585 Tableau 551 £57,500 345 465 400 £80,000 95

Level vs Rates/Salary vs Experience Junior 1-2 years 25-30k Mid Level 2-4 years 40k Senior 5+ years 50-60k

Salary Research ITJobWatch (UK) PayScale (Worldwide) Itjobwatch.co.uk Any recommendation for US / India? Please use chat to suggest. Shows current salary for new employees. PayScale (Worldwide) www.payscale.com/ Shows current salary for existing employees. Can significantly vary depending on exact skills, experienced needed + City (in the same country).

Learning vs Skill Acquisition Generally focuses on gaining new knowledge and happens when you follow instructions or gain broader understanding of the topic/tool. Skill Acquisition This is when you do things (practice) without having precise instructions and you are able to do them faster (proficiency) or you are able to find the best way to do it (or fix an error) on the spot (experience). “Accidental” Developers/DBA often have spend more time on skills acquisition than learning which may result in learning on the job (after making mistakes and may lead to addition training (=Learning). Rapid Skill Acquisition It is a combination of learning + Skill acquisition (creative).

Effort per Skill (Intermediate Level) Part 1/2 TOOL SUBJECT INTERMEDIATE EFFORT (HRS) Querying T-SQL 100 MDX 80 DAX 50   SSIS DEVELOPMENT 200 CONFIGURATION 15 DEPLOYMENT 10 DEBUGGING SSAS/POWER PIVOT PROCESSING 20 SCHEDULING SSRS 150

Effort per Skill (Intermediate Level) Part 2/2 TFS VERSION CONTROL 40   DB PROJECT DEVELOPMENT DEPLOYMENT 10 KIMBALL Modelling 60 Implementation 50 Data Vault 30 Inmon DW 2.0 (Architecture only) 20 MASTER DATA SERVICES SUPPORT SECURITY Data Quality Services Scrum

Typical "paths" to becoming a BI Developer Reports Developer Analyst (Data/BA) DBA / Programmer BI Developer SSIS/ETL Developer SQL Developer SSAS/Cube Developer Power Pivot?

Typical Skills “Paths” SSRS Excel SSIS SQL/Access .net SSAS Kimball Power Pivot BI Developer MDS/DQS MDX/DAX TFS/VS

How to learn all of it quickly? Define a fairly clear goal (mini-goals). Calculate Effort in h / time you have per week = number of weeks in will take to complete Make sure your learning is effective! (KEBI Academy?) Good balance between: Learning, Skill Acquisitions and Repetitions (SuperMemo UX). Record time (data) and use it to improve your time. Don’t have time? Start with just 30 minutes a day 5 days a week that’s about 10h a month, not a lot but it’s better than nothing. 5h every Saturday is 20h a month. 30min a day + 5h Saturday is 30h a month. Unemployed? 5h * 5 days = 100h a month.

Do It Yourself (DIY) Tasks: Make a decision: Yes, No or need more info. Check your local market. Set a realistic goal. Calculate effort to achieve your goal. Check your available demand and motivation. Make a Plan (Learning, CV, Job Search etc.)

Where to learn BI (Learning Plans) We gave you DIY Tasks Summary We discussed: Demand, Skills, Effort, Market, Job Search, Intermediate career steps. Where to learn BI (Learning Plans) We gave you DIY Tasks What next? www.KatieAndEmil.com/webinars 8th of Nov “Deployment and Security” (50 Seats Limit) 15th of Nov “Building a Dashboard” (50 Seats Limit) 22nd of Nov “SSRS Snapshots” (50 Seats Limit)

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