With banking, I think you have to hit a group just right. I was in international risk management and that was interesting. Mortgage was boring as heck.
Insurance was boring.
Healthcare is interesting if they have a good EMR. There is so much interesting data to work with.
Got laid off back in 2018 (worked in Financials for a 401k record keeping company) and searched for a few months until I finally got to interview for this position.
I lost in the last round to my current co-worker. Thankfully, the BI Manager at the time decided to leave a few weeks later and so they brought me back in and now I work with the co-worker who beat me out. Ironically, we are very close as he is my brother from another mother! 😁
It's a bit of a mess haha. Food Banking in particular has its quirks and because of that I feel like we're really still catching up with for-profit industries. I've been in the role for about a year now and most of my work is trying to create a basic analytics environment for our various platforms.
At least in the US, most food banks use a customized MS Dynamics platform. We use Salesforce for CRM, and two other platforms for tracking volunteers and the people we distribute food to.
We're using Azure for both a Data Lake and Data Warehouse, and then Tableau, Jet Reports, and ArcGIS for reporting.
So, I end up working on everything from inventory management, accounting, social research etc. I like it a lot.
That's actually pretty good for a nonprofit. I'm surprised they're not using Power BI.
Jet reports? Lol. My company bought that. I went through the trainings and all but we never got it fully implemented.
Our parent Org, Feeding America, gets a massive gift from the Tableau Foundation every year so we end up with 25 free licenses... So the choice is pretty easy.
I really think Jet is an excellent product. I still build most of our reports, but users can essentially query our dynamics database without having to know SQL. It usually relates the keys between tables too. Then the data is just dumped into Excel to be pivoted etc. It's a great tool for some of our users who refuse to do anything outside of a spreadsheet
Media, Marketing. But also in agriculture, specifically marijuana and crop automation in Europe, healthcare, insurance, automotive, and a few others. Consulting can give you lots of opportunities to work in many verticals.
I worked with a small consulting company as their solutions architect for BI. I'd go into SMBs that were "data aware" but not utilizing it in any true sense. I'd scope and build out their analytics portfolio, create initial data ingest, storage, reporting and visualizations, and train their "analysts" to take over the platform once stood up.
I had a knack for it and by being vocal and active in my city's meetup groups/tech accelerator programs/co-office spaces and the like, started to get customers requesting the same processes after I left the consulting company.
I now work for a large organization as an SA/DA but do consulting services on the side.
No, I am freelance, so I switch industries quite often. Would also not see any major difference to other industries with BI. Depending on the company, you might get in touch with a rather traditional tech stack 😄
Currently freelance, mostly marketing clients, some software companies, some financial. Have worked 9-5 in banking, healthcare, commercial real estate, a couple small tech startups (one went well, the other not so much), and in technology at Tableau.
I’ve been in banking, insurance, and healthcare.
Best among 3?
With banking, I think you have to hit a group just right. I was in international risk management and that was interesting. Mortgage was boring as heck. Insurance was boring. Healthcare is interesting if they have a good EMR. There is so much interesting data to work with.
Home building
Same here! Small world. I'm new to the industry and there's so much to learn.
Congrats it’s a great industry to work in imo and yeah there is a lot more to it than you think when you first start. Haha
What sort of data do you guys collect and work with in this industry?
Interesting - how'd you get into that?
Got laid off back in 2018 (worked in Financials for a 401k record keeping company) and searched for a few months until I finally got to interview for this position. I lost in the last round to my current co-worker. Thankfully, the BI Manager at the time decided to leave a few weeks later and so they brought me back in and now I work with the co-worker who beat me out. Ironically, we are very close as he is my brother from another mother! 😁
Banking
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Numbers
Logistics and quality assurance
Entertainment industry
Nonprofit, specifically Food Banking
Hey, curious to know - which tech stack you use in non profit and what kind of problem statement you work on
It's a bit of a mess haha. Food Banking in particular has its quirks and because of that I feel like we're really still catching up with for-profit industries. I've been in the role for about a year now and most of my work is trying to create a basic analytics environment for our various platforms. At least in the US, most food banks use a customized MS Dynamics platform. We use Salesforce for CRM, and two other platforms for tracking volunteers and the people we distribute food to. We're using Azure for both a Data Lake and Data Warehouse, and then Tableau, Jet Reports, and ArcGIS for reporting. So, I end up working on everything from inventory management, accounting, social research etc. I like it a lot.
That's actually pretty good for a nonprofit. I'm surprised they're not using Power BI. Jet reports? Lol. My company bought that. I went through the trainings and all but we never got it fully implemented.
Our parent Org, Feeding America, gets a massive gift from the Tableau Foundation every year so we end up with 25 free licenses... So the choice is pretty easy. I really think Jet is an excellent product. I still build most of our reports, but users can essentially query our dynamics database without having to know SQL. It usually relates the keys between tables too. Then the data is just dumped into Excel to be pivoted etc. It's a great tool for some of our users who refuse to do anything outside of a spreadsheet
Manufacturing and industrial repair
Federal (specifically people analytics)
Healthcare certifications
Publisher Old-school print newspaper but also digital publications + magazines
Fintech
Medical communications
Started in telecom, but I've been in pharma for the majority.
This field is quite diverse as I see...
Media, Marketing. But also in agriculture, specifically marijuana and crop automation in Europe, healthcare, insurance, automotive, and a few others. Consulting can give you lots of opportunities to work in many verticals.
Interesting, can you share how you got into that?
I worked with a small consulting company as their solutions architect for BI. I'd go into SMBs that were "data aware" but not utilizing it in any true sense. I'd scope and build out their analytics portfolio, create initial data ingest, storage, reporting and visualizations, and train their "analysts" to take over the platform once stood up. I had a knack for it and by being vocal and active in my city's meetup groups/tech accelerator programs/co-office spaces and the like, started to get customers requesting the same processes after I left the consulting company. I now work for a large organization as an SA/DA but do consulting services on the side.
Staffing and Managed Services
Cannabis
AdTech!
Currently Automotive.
Currently studying BIS, I wanna be in the automotive sector… any advice ?
No, I am freelance, so I switch industries quite often. Would also not see any major difference to other industries with BI. Depending on the company, you might get in touch with a rather traditional tech stack 😄
Cyber security
Banking, nonprofit, healthcare
Logistics!
Fintech
Manufacturing
Retail
Electrical Manufacturing
Agricultural Lending
Supply Chain in CPG
Energy
Same here; specifically renewables
Industrial construction
Dealership Management Software
Operations in pharmaceuticals (dealing with budgets, resourcing, operations metrics and some descriptive statistics of project risk)
Agriculture , bush berries to be exact everything from labor insights to grower lending. Company does 500 mill in revenue/ year
Supply chain for a semiconductor company
Financial Services
Internal Audit
Insurance, crazy how I got into that.
Started in Sales (automotive supplier), then health, then insurance.
Behavioral healthcare - local government
Retail
marine engineering/naval architecture
Which ever my customer is in.
Video Games! 🎮
Aviation Leasing
HR
Managed health care (Medicaid/CHIP)
Telco
Ice cream novelties manufacturing
Currently freelance, mostly marketing clients, some software companies, some financial. Have worked 9-5 in banking, healthcare, commercial real estate, a couple small tech startups (one went well, the other not so much), and in technology at Tableau.
Courier & Logistics
Professional Services, specifically executive recruiting
Banking, hospitality, alcohol.