Business Technical Analyst
Pros
If you are in the right department and have a good team, you will learn a lot and advance fairly easily. I've never faced any sort of discrimination for being a woman or POC, which is a big plus. The management is pretty understanding if you have personal issues and need time off or a flexible schedule, although this is based on only the handful of managers I have worked with. Other have reported a different experience.
Cons
Due to enterprise wide budget cuts, the company has very few projects underway and most people have nothing to do all day. This can last several months. We get loaned out to other departments, but those departments also have little to no work. I've worked here for 3 years and I feel like I've lost the strength and energy that I used to have in college and my mind has become dull from doing so little or just trying to walk on eggshells around the sharks in the company. I want to leave this company so badly, but I keep getting rejected from interviews because I still don't have enough experience. Overall, the company does not seem to know where it is going. It keeps changing it's mind about where departments should be and you will be moved from place to place at least once a year. Projects will get stuck in solutioning for months or even years and then get descoped because there is no budget. As a BTA, I'm not allowed to attend requirements gathering sessions because if I charge those hours to the project, the project will run out of money. I'm just supposed to somehow get the requirements without actually interacting with the stakeholders or developers.
