Hi folks,

Would appreciate some career advice from anyone that can help. I recently started into a two-year BA role in a not-for-profit organisation that I have worked in for a number of years. The vast majority of my time will be consumed with mapping business processes and working on process improvements as part of a new QMS, workingwith  various teams in the organisation, and then working with the system heads to automate what we can.  I'm concious however that I have limited technical and 'systems' proficiency (I come from the business side of the house with an original degree in business). If I seek to move on from this organisation in two years, I fear I won't have sufficient technical know-how for many positions. Many job descrptions seem to still demand a level of software development knowledge, SQL, etc (at least here in Ireland). While you could argue that this doesn't strictly fall within the domain of the BA role, at the same time, I don't want to curtail my opportunities. I was considering a part-time diploma in software development to beef up things up on that side. Before committing to it though (and it is a commitment: every second evening for 4 hours along with outside project work), and quenching any semblance of a social life, I wonder can anyone offer up some advise if this is the right path or lessons from past experience? 

Gullivar

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