Getting an IT job with Microsoft
What else should I do to increase my chances in getting an IT job with Micorsoft? Currently I have three and a half years of experience of creating and implementing Power BI reports/dashboards, and about year and half of experience with PowerApps and Flow. I am planning to start looking for new opportunities in about year and a half therefore the experience will increase. i was thinking to get a Microsoft Power BI ceritificate and maybe PowerApps one as well in the meantime. Besides this I have knowledge and experience in , Oracle database (school knowledge), Access, Excel, SAP, Visual Basic (school knowledge). My current core responsibilities are research & development, consulting the business and training the users. Am I on the right track? What else should I do to improve myself? Thank you
Data analyst role like that might get you a consultant role eventually if you get really good..3-5 years, but even then it would be pretty competitive. MS is in the business of building those platforms for creating the apps not delivering the business solution with those apps.
Sounds like you have basic skills for a data analyst role. Not even data science, just querying data and showing it with the template visuals Power BI gives. Hopefully you actually use the R or Python Scripting feature to make your own? I don’t know if a SWE position cares for that experience at all, assuming SWE is what you mean by IT.
This is a good point, if endgame is work at MS, SWE is the fastest way to go provided you're good at programming. I think career prospect and TC wise though there are much better opportunities as some kind of solution architect either at BASF or joining a consulting firm that delivers these apps.