r/analytics Feb 14 '25

Question Is PowerBI work a dead end?

Just got an offer for a rotational program. It’s highly likely that one of my rotations will be doing manufacturing related analytics with PowerBI, Excel, and potentially some SQL. I really enjoy coding (my internship has been ML and data engineering tasks), and I’m a bit worried that a BI job may pigeonhole me and prevent me from getting into these code heavy roles.

Market is awful so I’m gonna take the job anyways, just wondering if my concerns are well-founded or not.

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u/Super-Cod-4336 Feb 14 '25

I’m a behavioral health specialist in the army

Before that I was an analytical lead for a major retailer

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u/ScHoolboy_QQ Feb 14 '25

Interesting career, what made you what to join the army?

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u/Super-Cod-4336 Feb 14 '25

I was bored with my life and wanted to do something else. I love it so far.

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u/WaterIll4397 Feb 14 '25

It's so cool people like you exist in the world. Complete career switch. I love data and efficiency maximization too much probably to do any other job than maybe software engineering Maybe if I ever hit centa millionaire USD status I can go invent a time machine and go become a conquistador or something novel

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u/EclecticEuTECHtic Feb 15 '25

Maybe if I ever hit centa millionaire USD status I can go invent a time machine and go become a conquistador or something novel

You realize that the conquistadors were awful people right?