Hello, everyone. I'm an ex-IT Pro who has only ever worked as the jack-of-all-trades "IT Guy" for small businesses. I have about 4 years experience as this, doing everything as it relates to IT: Programming, writing SQL queries, troubleshooting networks, helping users; the works. My last job a few months ago had me truly in the "Analyst" role as I was responsible for defining functional requirements by talking to the end users, creating specifications, and a little bit of project management as I was responsibile for coordinating with an offshore development team.
Now, I'd like to make the move full-time into being either a Systems or Business Analyst as I feel my skills are better suited to that; I don't have true programming experience (I'm entirely self-taught) but I know enough to understand and communicate effectively with programmers. I enjoy thinking at the high level, the whats and whys of software development, as opposed to the "how" or low-level (i.e. the actual code), but I can effectively communicate across IT departments since I've had to do all of those things myself in the past.
At present I only have an Associate of Science in Information Systems; I do however want to get my bachelor's degree, probably in Business Administration with a minor in MIS, and possibly a dual minor in either Economics or Management.
What should I look at doing in order to start on this career change? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Wayne