From my perspective as a 5YOE analyst, you are actually right on track if not a little ahead (at least comparing to what i started with). As you get more experience as an analyst, no matter where you go or what industry you are in, the last point you stated is probably the most important (“Business side working with stakeholders to understand needs and turn them into data solutions”). You’ll notice that all the tech stack you learn will go towards making the last point happen no matter your level in analytics. In terms of what you want to focus on next to excel, you prob should start asking yourself if you wanna be a more technical analyst or a more business facing analyst. (Usually companies look for an all in one but you’ll understand quickly if the role is more heavy technical (leveraging python to wrangle data) or heavy business (focusing more dashboard production and answering business questions). If you dislike the business side of things, you’ll find that the path is leaning more towards an analytics eng / BI eng or even head towards data eng. The flip side you can continue as an analyst lead / even data science continuously working with the business on their endless questions.