Here's my submission for the agony aunt column >
I started off as a typical IT techie and worked my way up the ladder. After a few (ok.. a lot of) years I find myself removed from the techie stuff and in a managerial role working on the systems that we as a business use and the integration thereof. Also a lot of time is spent working with the data they provide to give the business insights and strategic direction on what to do etc.
I dabble with SQL (seeing as we don't have a DBA) and enjoy it quite a bit. Would it be worthwhile to change direction and go into the DBA route? Perhaps a MCSE: Data Platform certification which leads to data scientist stuff down the line? Or should I rather stick to the managerial role to see if I can crack a nod into an IT manager / smalltime CIO type role?
All this bearing in mind that I'm a 40YO toppie so a bit of midlife crisisoint:
I started off as a typical IT techie and worked my way up the ladder. After a few (ok.. a lot of
) years I find myself removed from the techie stuff and in a managerial role working on the systems that we as a business use and the integration thereof. Also a lot of time is spent working with the data they provide to give the business insights and strategic direction on what to do etc.I dabble with SQL (seeing as we don't have a DBA) and enjoy it quite a bit. Would it be worthwhile to change direction and go into the DBA route? Perhaps a MCSE: Data Platform certification which leads to data scientist stuff down the line? Or should I rather stick to the managerial role to see if I can crack a nod into an IT manager / smalltime CIO type role?
All this bearing in mind that I'm a 40YO toppie so a bit of midlife crisis
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