I don’t even know what to do from here

I have about 10 years of work experience now working for different companies. I’ve done data analysis with alteryx, SQL, and SAS. I’ve managed alteryx workflows and I’ve made my own workflows with them. Nothing fancy. I’ve ran SQL queries with previous codes as well as codes I wrote myself. I’m currently at JPMorgan. Nothing I do is super high tech. My boss encourages automation but most of the automation is done in the background by software engineers and UT creators. I mostly run reports all day but the reports are very much essentially just clicking buttons on excel macros from UTs that other people have created. We run reports in them and then publish. We run SQL queries that others have wrote codes for. Nothing I do is complex for the most part. I’m trying to make more money and get a higher paying job but I feel stuck. I was thinking going into data engineering or Data scientist. I’d LOVE to be involved with AI. I thought maybe going through courses in Coursera or Dataquest would help but I’ve had people say that unless you have masters degree in Stats or comp sci you’re shit out of luck. And I can see that. Especially with the layoffs over the last year or so, as a non tech guy, I’m essentially competing with little experience against someone maybe with a comp sci degree from Harvard or MIT. My BS is in economics and my Masters is in Applied Economics. I just feel stuck AF and don’t know what to do. TC: $95k Location: Midwest

Novo Nordisk osep27 Feb 28

What is your background? Did you study computer science (even if you are currently not coding) or math? If you want to be a data scientist, you will need to know a good amount of math to be good at it. Data engineering means less math but more software development. Both are competitive jobs to get in. You do not necessarily need a master's in statistics or computer science, but you need an equivalent skill set. Is an online degree an option for you? You can do it in a few years while you are working.

JPMorgan Chase pineapmc OP Feb 28

Sorry I updated my education background. Let me know if that helps

Novo Nordisk osep27 Feb 28

Ok, so you studied economics. It means you do know a bit of math already. Probably not as much as an engineering or physics graduate, but still. You can probably leverage your economics master's as a data analyst too. It depends on where you apply. Do you work with data analysts already? Try to get closer to them and see if you can get a bit of training in-house. And yes, you will be competing with people who have PhDs in statistics. But it also depends on where you apply. You will just not get the best jobs. It's life.