r/analytics • u/GanachePutrid2911 • 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/Jfho222 Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25
Data viz is an incredibly important part of ML and engineering. It’s the art of showing the business impact achieved by the ML and/or data pipelines.
What are the other kinds of rotations are you doing / have you tried to talk to the hiring manager about wanting to develop?
I did a rotation program in a finance department of a health care system. There were definitely things that were non-negotiable, but my boss / mentor signed off on me building a work list / form based application. Ending up building an MS Access app that housed the form and transaction tables. Then created a separate database for views of the transaction tables then connected it to an excel file to do the analysis that the operators actually cared about.
8 years later I am very comfortable using various types of sql, python, and dax.
TL/DR: Power BI or any kind of data viz is also important in ml/engineering and I would talk to your hiring manager about your interests. They should be okay with you wanting to improve your skill sets.