🐠 I am a senior associate with very strong excel skills (financial modeling, VBA, database, etc.) and am also self taught in other programming languages and have built my own small software apps in my free time. Where should I look to maximize pay currently and for the future? Would like to be in more of a tech role. Thank you!

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I’d learn more developing apps on cloud services.

Check out AWS free tier and lambda services.

Lots of certifications in those areas.

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Thanks again SM1 - any suggested certifications for cloud apps? I have worked with AWS a bit it was just connecting databases to an app and also admittedly wasn’t super easy.

Echoing SM1 - go grab an AWS or Azure cert and then I’d suggesting working with a amazon or Microsoft partner for a year or two to get some hands on experience and then go to industry

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I’m an azure guy myself. I’m in financial services and azure seems to be prevalent here. I’d research your dream companies and see what they use because it’s kind of a coin flip

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Learn the fundamentals, ie Operating Systems (ie Linux etc), networking concepts, scripting (bash/python), orchestration (jenkins/ansible), source control(ie git)and a proper RDBMS(Postgres)/non RDBMS(MongoDB).
In summary the key ones are linux and general networking concepts because a lot of these tools are built on linux boxes and have some kinda networking component to it.
Most of these IT hot jobs (excluding SDE/SWE) require installing/managing these application running on a linux server.
Lastly, certs are cool but hands on experience is what gets you the job

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Same here ! .. I need to get the f out of consulting..

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The real big bucks come when you make big things happen. Strong technical skills are good and necessary but at some point soon you’re going to want to be in a position to be selling/coordinating/managing vs executing if your goal is to maximize comp.
The goal would be to either have your name tied to big (or relatively big) revenue streams or manage an important/critical function (or both).

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