What exactly is an IT analyst?

[bas1c]

Just a position for an IT guy. They probably use Analyst in the title so that they can put your in a lower pay bracket. I'm a software engineer, for all intents and purposes, but my official title is Software Development Analyst. I'm assuming it's the same deal here.

 

[FearoftheNight]

Guys this brings me to the real question. What is the recommended course of action for someone like myself who is in a lower bracket 40-50k to move up to the bracket 55-65k in the links? I'd like to find out more about the field but not completely dedicate myself or a ton of time/resources to a specific part (programing, networking, db) ect?

 

[DanDaManJC]

from what ive seen, for entry level, companies hire people with 4 year degrees from CS, IS, engineering, hard sciences and then train them. from there.. i see a couple career tracks, you can stay technical and get specific technical certs, or even a masters in engineering of your choice or cross over to a more business oriented role in management or marketing. you'll see a lot of people working for a PMP and eventually a MBA

 

[FearoftheNight]

hmm...any more recs?

 

[brianmanahan]

Actually, the complete opposite.

my bet is capt caveman says this because he's a business analyst, lol

 

[chusteczka]

I worked as an Oracle SQL database programmer. My supervisor at my last job, two levels above me has a degree in philosophy. I worked on his code a couple times and it was good; not great but good. It took him about 8 or 9 years of programming and managing specific difficult clients to work his way up to manage several teams consisting of about 50 people in the data programming group. This was in the insurance sector.