Accidentally landed a job as a Database Manager. How to grow?
Hello all,
TL:DR I landed ass backwards in this field and I'm not sure what the 'next steps' are. I've got some time coming up, and I want to know what are some good tools to learn if I choose to advance in this field.
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After losing my corporate job (legal firm) last year I couldn't find anything other than Uber for 8 months. I landed this job at a school by ACCIDENT, basically lied through the interview. But I was self sufficient within a month, and my Boss said I'm the greatest hire he's ever made. So that's encouraging.
My title is 'Data Manager', but some Googling makes it seem like I'm a Junior Data Analyst, Operations Analyst, or Reporting Analyst. I'm basically creating automated reports and answering ad-hoc queries for different departments.
I'm pretty advanced in Excel (functions, V-lookup, pivot tables, etc.), and I know the basics of SQL, and I've got a pretty good grasp on my School's schema structure.
I know the basics of Python, I've never touched R, but I'm happy to learn, but I didn't know if tools like Tableau or Power BI would be better to start with.