Article's sentiments are also true for Business Intelligence. The most effective (I deliberately used work effective) BI developers have the following qualities

Article's sentiments are also true for Business Intelligence. The most effective (I deliberately used work effective) BI developers have the following qualities interested in the business, able to chat to clients (emotional intelligence) and also able to code. The best BI people end up being generalists. Talkative nerds who can converse with business types and from the business end, you get the business people who are genuinely curious and willing to learn some SQL. Being able to communicate is key in BI because this enables you to focus on the right business problems.