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It took me 6months of playing around my organizations M365 tenant to become very proficient in the Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps) to the point where my last 2 jobs have all been related to solutions and training with M365.
All I do is use these tools and show other people how to do their work in it and all of a sudden Iβm employable and in demand.
Itβs not even really IT.
Where would you suggest starting out? Is there a good course?
Just sign up for a free 3 month M365 tenant. You can set it all up yourself and have access to the full suite as global admin.
Thanks. Is this the most in-demand IT-related thing I can learn these days to get employed remotely?
Nope. Iβm sure there are more in demand things one can learn that are IT-related. I just donβt know of them so I canβt say.
It really depends on where you're coming from. I've known several people who made a rather successful transition from a more business oriented position to business intelligence. It's like data science's older and less sexy brother :) General domain knowledge of business processes and finances are always a positive and IT knowledge for a junior can consist of as little as SQL knowledge and experience with a reporting and ETL tool.
You don't get to do a lot of programming, but there's always demand for people capable of building a proper data warehouse or able to translate an information request in a properly build report. Internal positions are often an option because companies like to retain people with expert knowledge of the inner workings of their information systems.
Source: I used to be a BI specialist for ten years or so :)
Thanks for replying with valuable info!
What's the first step in this direction you'd recommend now?
Learn SQL and data modelling. The Data Warehouse Toolkit by Ralph Kimball is a good introduction to data warehouses and dimensional modelling. It's not a universal model for data warehouses, but the core concepts remain the same among different implementations. This should give you a good basic understanding of the basic concepts of data warehousing.
I know Reddit isn't exactly popular here, but their business intelligence community is quite active. It might be a good place to lurk and gain some insights.
Best of luck! :)
Thank you! Is SQL and data modelling the most in-demand IT-related thing I can learn these days to get employed remotely?
Oof, I wouldn't know about that. I was purely talking from personal experience. I don't have a good picture of the job market in total, let alone in whichever country you live. If you want to get into the data-related IT fields (data analist, data engineer, business intelligence specialist, etc.) then SQL and data modeling skills are a must-have. But it's just a small part of a much bigger discipline.
If possible, find some professional career counseling. Someone with better knowledge of the job market where you live might give you some good advice on which steps to take first.
I've been in search of a career counselor online but couldn't find anything worthwhile. Any advice on who I could talk to?
No, I'm sorry. I wish I could help but I'm a bit out of my depth with this one. You might try a local career counselor, but that really depends on where you live and who's available.
I wish you the best of luck though, I hope you'll find what you're looking for.
Actually a good piece of advice. Haven't thought of a career counselor before.
Another criterion might be to be self employed. I have little experience with that and it probably has it's pro's and con's but depending on what corporate culture you'll face as an employee. But it might be worth keep it in mind when choosing your profession.
What path would you recommend to take for that?
Mate IT is not lucrative anymore. Get into plumbing that's where the real money is. $200 for 30mins and then $40/15mins.
Thanks for the advice. But then how can I immigrate to Europe from a 3rd-world country using this skill? I plan to study for a Bachelor's in IT to get the initial study visa to then proceed into employment and hopefully permanent residency. And I'm also much more into computers than pipes, been my whole life.
Plus, the IT skills might allow me to work online for any company in the world, regardless of where I'll end up being.
Can't commen t on immigration but not all IT jobs gets you work from home option. IT is really broad- IT operations which include service desk, desktop support, sys admins and other engineers like wintel, storage, devops etc then there is software where you can be either tester , product owner, developer etc and I guarantee you not everyone gets remote work.
What do you think you can recommend for a future digital nomad to study now? What to really dive into to become successful in the near future?
AI
What course would you recommend to begin with?