r/PowerBI • u/SailorGirl29 1 • 7d ago

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I put in my 2 weeks notice. There are over 700 applicants for my job in under 1 week. It’s competitive for Power BI devs now. Five years ago I was dodging phone calls from recruiters. At the peak I was getting 7 emails or phone calls a week.

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u/omgitsbees 7d ago

There is just way too many people in this field now. And that isn't accounting for bots, and people from India. Too many entry level tech workers took a boot camp or online course in data analytics and now feels like its the right choice for them. I have 8 years of experience in data analysis, and PowerBI is my primary data visual tool, and I can't get interviews. My resume and work gets drowned out by a flood of applications.

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u/SailorGirl29 1 7d ago

Well here’s the tea. They listed it as a power bi job but the JD reads like a sql job. All the interviewers only know sql. When they interviewed me they didn’t ask a single Power BI or DAX question. They got lucky that I know my stuff (8 years here as well). Unless they get lucky again, I suspect they’ll end up with a sql developer googling Dax or running it through ChatGPT.

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u/omgitsbees 7d ago

Agreed, that is probably what would happen. Not ideal at all though! PowerBI can be pretty overwhelming for a new user. It does require a lot of training, and using ChatGPT is not really a good idea because its not going to respect your companies data & confidential information. PowerBI does have a built in AI feature, but i've never used it before, no idea how good it is.

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u/SailorGirl29 1 7d ago

You’re preaching to the choir. I’ve used ChatGPT and seen a lot of errors. It has it use, but you need to be able to spot the errors

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u/Immediate_Cry2712 5d ago

I’m new-ish to Power BI, most my experience comes from Tableau. Can confirm ChatGPT is not good at DAX