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Since you have a background in economics you may go for business intelligence or financial software. For BI you need knowledge of databases (SQL, stored procedu
by gaoprea 15y ago
Since you have a background in economics you may go for business intelligence or financial software. For BI you need knowledge of databases (SQL, stored procedures, data warehousing), Java EE, familiarity with BI suites (Oracle, SAP). For financial software it's a long term commitment, you need to master advanced data structures and algorithms (tree, graphs, networks, linear programming, dynamic programming, numeric methods), some AI topics (data mining, machine learning), statistical modelling (the math behind it, R language), low level programming (C/C++, memory management, multithreading, interprocess communication). The reward is proportional to the effort (higher entry barrier means bigger gain), so you can do CMS tweakings for lower and fragmented returns, or work on more serious systems for higher paychecks and job security.
- 97s 15y agoDo you work in fields similar to these? I am willing to dive into any field as right now my resume is a bunch of entry level skills, and I have the time to spend reading books and learning on my own. What are some examples of a business intelligence software?
- gaoprea 15y agoBI solutions help companies retreive and analyze key data related to their business processes, and generate reports. What you do is implement and deploy custom solutions for your client's specific needs, and you make use of a BI suite or another (libraries and tools to handle data and dynamically generate reports or other forms of data visualization). There are proprietary BI suites, most notable form Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, and there are also open source suites, like JasperReports, Pentaho, SpagoBI (I reccomend you JasperReports). I don't develop business software myself, but my company offers consultancy and implementations of such solutions.
- 97s 15y agoInteresting. Thanks for your comments and replies.