| prince2015 wrote
Dear Irene,
I am still waiting for your answer, and please tell me how did you start and the number of years to get the position of BSA, cuz I am really interested in that position ;-)
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Hi prince, sorry for the late reply! I did not see your post until today. I was on vacation last week.
I officially moved to BSA position after working as a programmer for almost 4 years and also got an MBA’s degree (got it while I was working). I can not say for exactly how long you need to work as a programmer. But in general, I think 1 or 2 years’ experience should be good enough to have the fundamental knowledge and working experience to move on. More important thing is after you move you still need to update knowledge all the time in order to keep up with the technical trend.
For business oriented BA, I don’t think you need to have technical background. But for a BSA, I think it would definitely help. As a BSA, except coding that I don’t do anymore, I am involved in a lot of activities, such as functional specs creating/maintaining, high level technical designing, testing, coordinating, etc. The programmer experience helps me in designing a feasible solution, testing, easily interacting with programmers, testers, business people and other stake holders.
Hope this help. Any idea or comments are appreciated. J
Irene