Is it rare for someone to have PowerBI and SQL experience?
Edit: I never said I was a unicorn—I specifically said I wasn't— that's what the staffing agency said. I also don't know what they're paying, I'm just helping with interviewing and thought what the staffing agency said didn't make sense. People are coming at me like I said that and like I'm doing the hiring.
Original post:We're hiring a developer and the company I'm with is using an offshore staffing agency.
We needed someone who has worked in PowerBI and can understand SQL. The staffing agency said that's a unicorn. They said you'll typically have someone who either specializes in data or specializes in PowerBI.
I don't consider myself a unicorn, and I have a lot to learn, but I can work in PowerBI and write SQL. I don't feel I'm that special, so I wanted to ask, is that actually rare?
I'm based in the US and the offshore team is based in India. Is that rare to find that skillset or is it more likely that it's rare at the company's price point? That could be it too. You do get what you pay for.
I'm curious what you all may have seen.
About me. I started as a data analyst and worked my way into BI Analytics, but I do end-to-end pipelines and visualizations. I thought more people work with PowerBI and SQL. I could be mistaken, maybe it is rare.