r/askSouthAfrica • u/thunderRage15 Redditor for 21 days • 4h ago

Teacher transitioning to Business/Data Analytics. 2 modules away from BCom Informatics. Need advice?

Hey everyone,

I’m a 26yo male currently working as a teacher teaching IT but I'm looking to make a major career pivot. I have about two modules left to finish my BCom Informatics degree, and my goal is to leverage it to get into Business Development, Business Analytics, or Data Analytics.

Honestly, my current teaching salary just isn't making ends meet anymore. I have some debt I really want to aggressively pay off so I can start living life a bit more freely and comfortably.

Has anyone here successfully transitioned from teaching into the corporate data or business side? What should my next steps be as I finish these last two modules? Any advice on how to spin my classroom management and tech teaching experience on a resume for entry-level analytics or biz dev roles would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

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u/Pitch-Curious 4h ago

Proof of the pudding is in the taste.

Learn power BI as it seems to be the main platform a lot of businesses are using currently and run labs with fake data (ask Claud for a 1000 person data set for a business)

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u/thunderRage15 Redditor for 21 days 4h ago

Thank you for the advice I’ll defs give it a try

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u/IssaKlassikal 4h ago

Kaggle is a good source too. If you know how to use python or R, you can prep your CSVs to import into PowerBI provided you're not comfortable with cleaning and displaying data using python.

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u/thunderRage15 Redditor for 21 days 4h ago

I teach Python to the kids at the school I work at. Thanks for the advice

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u/polaris100k 4h ago

Are you teaching primary or secondary? It’d be tricky for primary but for seniors I guess you could come up with a few data-oriented tasks for students.

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u/thunderRage15 Redditor for 21 days 4h ago

Primary school