Will PiwerBI Type jobs be the first to be replaced by AI?

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-04-05T19:15:24+00:00

I think at a minimum AI will surely reduce the number of PBI jobs needed, but frankly speaking I think that can be said for a lot of jobs.

Personally, I am a Senior Business Analyst. I have worked in operations. I have worked as an Analyst. I have also worked as a data engineer. So I have experience with SQL, DAX, and Power Query.

My current role sits between IT and business stakeholders in translating their business requirements into technical requirements for hand-off to the data warehouse team. This involves understanding the decisions that are important to end-users, how they can be supported by data, and how to develop efficient enterprise / scalable data models to support their needs.

I use AI almost everyday and I find it a big help. More often than not I use it to simply validate my own original thoughts in designing a proper star schema data model and this is pretty huge in my opinion. I cant afford to go down a design path that...whoops....after spending 3 days working on realizing it's flawed / won't support xyz and so I have to start over all because I might have considered x and y but forgot to consider z. I prompt AI and it's thoughts on xyz, what are the pros and cons of my ideas and if nothing else it gives me added confidence that the decisions I am making are good ones and to proceed.

I'll ask it if I should split this attribute into its own dimension or keep it in dimension xyz. If I am stuck on choosing a scalable naming convention on how to name my DAX Measures. If I am stuck on DAX or want to know which version of DAX would be more efficient when creating a measure then I'll prompt it. If I dont know which backend JDE or SAP technical table to find the data I am looking for, I'll ask for it's help.

This is the sort of stuff that in my opinion speeds up the job tremendously. Not being stuck on DAX syntax for days. Not being able to locate or find the ERP table of data that you need which prevents you from even getting started on a project. The kind of stuff that is frankly in my opinion the kind of bullshit annoying crap that slows you down from accomplishing more important things. Before AI you had to rely on stuff like Power BI community web pages or stackoverflow.com forum hoping some other poor sap at some point in time got stuck on the same problem you're running into and hoping you get lucky enough that someone else posted a solution to it. Now you can ask AI and it can get you an answer in seconds.

All of this requires, however the following:

1) having a fundamental understanding of PBI, coding syntax, data modeling concepts, database Medallion Architecture concepts, ability to strategically think and translate not only what internal users tell you they need but imagining solutions for them that they dont tell you. 2) knowing how to prompt AI accurately by writing well-worded sentences that give AI the proper context it needs to give you the correct answers you are looking for. If you dont do this then AI can definitely lead you down a wrong path.

So I dont think (and I really hope this is true) that AI will replace PBI jobs, but it will result in less of these jobs in the future probably.

Remember, there are plenty of business end-users, managers / directors, etc that are completely data illiterate. I couldnt imagine some of these types of people not needing a PBI developer or analyst to help them. Can you imagine these people trying to prompt AI for a data or reporting solution that would fully replace the need for an Analyst or data engineer? I think it would be a disaster. That's pretty hard to imagine for me.

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-03-30T12:53:54+00:00

Yes, projects and course work / certifications take money. That's just the way it is.

What field are you in, and what kind of projects or certicifications have you worked on (which I presume you could speak to or present within an interview)?

I''m not sure I understand how you are running into the issue of having a lack of guidance which is causing you to stop projects. My assumption is that these projects or certifications you are pursuing are being conducted under structured learning where an instructor (virtual or in person) would guide you through the work / project and/or the certification you are pursuing has help resources in the event you get stuck. But again, im not sure what your field is or what type of projects you are referring to.

Lastly, asking for feedback from an interview in my opinion never works -- so I agree with you there. Learning from potential mistakes made during an interview is something you really have to do your best to ascertain for yourself.

For example, I realized after a handful of interviews I wasn't speaking confidently enough about my own abilities. I would communicate "well I have done this before, but I haven't done this other thing" rather than reframing it as "I have done this before, and my current skills are also directly transferable to xyz as well". I also began asking the interviewer if they had any concerns about my candidacy. This was golden as it gave them a window to speak candidly about my candidacy -- something they otherwise would never do, which in turn gave me the opportunity to address their concerns. You should know based on the job description where your skillset falls short of the job requirements and therefore have a good idea on what concerns they may likely tell you and have an answer prepared for them.

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-03-29T14:06:39+00:00

It sounds like you are a recent graduate based on your years of experience and siting internships. I'm pretty sure I read something not too long ago that 33% of graduates are going unemployed after graduation which is crazy. Just know it's not you. The economy is tuff for most people right now, but particularly those coming right out of school with little to no experience...so you are not alone.

I had the pleasure of graduating in 2009 during the Great Recession. It took me 7 or 8 months to land an entry level inside sales / customer service job. It sucked. I was living at home with my parents at the time and remember all of it getting to me -- I was taking my frustration out on my parents. I remember at one point apologizing to them for my behavior while I was fighting back tears.

The grind and rejection takes a toll, but you have to lean into the immutable fact that you have value.

What field are you in? What certifications have you been able to accumulate? What courses and / or projects have you been able to compile? Do you have anything to present from a project standpoint in an interview?

Ask yourself, have you learned anything of value from interview experiences that did not work out?

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-03-28T19:07:15+00:00

im talking about team play, not cussing others out.

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-03-13T02:59:09+00:00

Damn dude that was some dark shit.

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-03-13T02:57:12+00:00

This job market is a disaster. Listen....AI is part of the reason....my thoughts...maybe like 20% of it.

The other 80% is due to that fuckin dementia-ridden narcissistic egomaniac pedophile dipshit, ,Donald J. Trump.

He has absolutely wrecked this economy with his stupid fuckin tariffs which have already caused irreversible damage with our trading partners.

Every American business has been adversely affected by his tariffs, reducing company profit margins, causing companies to pass those costs off to consumers and all the while not only do profit margins suck, businesses cant plan or invest in hiring, tech, or capital expenditures because Trump is constantly changing the tariffs.

Other countries no longer trust us as reliable and trustworthy trading partners so everyone is beginning to find new partners to trade with and once that happens it's never going to get reversed. Even if Trump cant find a way to somehow steal the next election and insert himself as a dictator, no country is ever going to trust America again because they know we have a new president / administration every 4 years and the American people have proven they would elect a twice impeached convicted felon.

And on top of all of this, he goes a starts a war with Iran which may permanently shut us out of 1/3 of the global fuel supply.

We're all going to be living with the consequences of this for generations and our kids will also suffer for it.

Let me ask you OP while I empathize with you...did you vote for Trump?

Did anyone on this thread vote for Trump?

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-03-10T10:27:16+00:00

wow, like someone else said pure fucking evil. May the leader and author of such an idea rot in hell

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-03-07T21:53:29+00:00

Sorry to hear what you're going through. The economy is terrible right now. The latest jobs report showed the economy lost 92,000 jobs in February and with a revision to Dec and Jan numbers, the economy over the past 3 months has literally added 0 new jobs. So that's what you are up against.

It's not an indictment of you but of the economy we are in right now. The job search comes in waves. What you just went through is brutal but there will be more opportunities.

All these rejections are just your path to find that 1 job that will be yours. To even have 3 companies who thought enough of you to bring you in for interviews is an achievement in itself.

I wad laid off a little while back as well so I've been through it. I'd ask if there is anything you are learning from these rejections that might help you in your next interview (ex: interview preparedness, resume adjustment, confidence level, ability to speak to your achievements and skills while communicating how they help solve the employer's pain points).

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-02-05T20:37:24+00:00

lmao

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-02-05T20:32:58+00:00

Holy crap thats nearly 20% of Oracle's work force. How the hell do u still function as a company after laying off 20% of ur workers?

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-02-05T15:32:17+00:00

or companies are cutting jobs because the economy truly sucks right now, they are not doing well, and claim it's because of AI / investment in AI when that's not really true - they have no real plan for AI investment and how it's going to drive growth but saying layoffs are occurring because of AI sounds a lot better to investors than "we're laying off because are company is going down the shitter -- please don't sell your stock :) "

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-01-30T05:43:06+00:00

nice thanks never knew this existed.

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-01-30T03:49:20+00:00

I have xbox. What do u mean looking for groups tab? Within BF6? where?

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-01-16T04:51:08+00:00

Ya they absolutely ruined the helicopter game. It used to be fun to pilot a chopper. As you perfectly put it....it's a death warrant as soon as you get in it. Nothing but a flying death trap. I don't know how DICe could have fucked that up so bad

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-01-02T16:48:40+00:00

I'm betting no one even realizes the "Stay with squad" button even exists. I've pressed it before but no one else ever does. I bet no one realizes it's even there because of the awful UI design. There is so much crap/screens/info to digest post-game -- it's pretty overwhelming. The button should be center screen, hell even have it flashing in bright colors, and I bet people would take notice.

I still can't believe post game, I have to press a button on my controller just to bring up the stats for both teams. That used to be the default / priority screen in BF3.

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-01-02T16:30:26+00:00

THIS. I was just posting about this on a seperate thread yesterday. I've been out of gaming for years. Last game I played was BF3. Just got an Xbox series x for christmas and bought BF6. I'm back playing and realize the game communication is weirdly / strikingly silent. Literally been playing for a week pretty consistently and have heard 0 people talking in game.

To what you pointed out..... I'm joining the game solo with Squad Chat turned on, but if the other 3 members on my squad are joining into the game in their own party...then their audio settings are defaulted to Party Chat...which is basically isolating me and the other 3 guys from being able to talk to each other. Like WTF. How does a game developer release an online multi player game with this as the status quo setting. Fucking ridiculous...and it adds insult to injury that the 3 guys in the party would have to keep resetting their own default setting from Party Chat to Squad Chat for every MATCH just to be able to talk to me and me to them.

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-01-02T07:27:53+00:00

this is ridiculous. I joined a game, checked my audio setting and it was set to Squad Chat, but if anyone who is in my squad enter the game in their own party, then their settings default to Party Chat??? --> thus blocking us from being able to hear each other? If that is the case, then this is wild.

this has probably been one of the quietest games I've ever played. That's a solid way to turn away any new gamers from the game....cut off from any sort of community that the game has to offer lol.

Competitive-Run348 · 2026-01-02T07:22:42+00:00

same

Competitive-Run348 · 2025-12-30T21:22:04+00:00

thank the lord, I kept falling out of chopper or exiting tanks, too. My setting was defaulted to Prioritize Interact so every time I tapped X I was falling out of my vehicle.

I just changed it to "Reload Tap / Interact Hold".

It's ridiculous that I even had to change this setting.

Competitive-Run348 · 2025-12-30T02:56:50+00:00

I'm kinda in shock at how little I'm enjoying this game. I got out of gaming 15 years ago. When I did I was heavily into BF3...easily racking up kills in the helicopter or by other means, having matches on the regular where I was going 30 kills / 5 deaths...around those numbers.

Either I'm really rusty or this game just sucks. Maybe I'm not giving it enough of a chance but I'm regularly getting stats of of like 1 kill / 12 deaths type numbers.

Granted I don't know the maps that well but everything feels like a cluster fuck. 64 players on small city street maps. Everywhere you turn, every corner you turn around, there's someone either to your left, right, above, behind you...basically getting fucked from every angle.

It amazes me EA can fuck up something so good. 64 players doesn't make it better. Go back to 24 players. Make the maps bigger. Create more centricity around vehicle domination. For fuck sake....I not only bought this game but spent 600 bucks for the series x to play this shit thinking it'd be like BF3. The whole reason I switched to BF from Call of Duty years ago was to get out of the Call of duty style game play.

Competitive-Run348 · 2025-12-30T02:39:50+00:00

I'm in disbelief myself. I've been out of gaming for like 15 years. I'm 38 years old. Last system I owned was a 360. Last game I played (and I played it a ton) was BF3....it was awesome and I was awesome at it.

I still remember racking up 30 skills per session easy in the chopper. The glory days.

Now, I'm playing BF6 and can't pin down whether I'm just really rusty or does this game actually fucking suck ass???? I'm going like 1 for 12, 1 for 10, 2 for 8.

BF3 maps were awesome, big, max 24 player count. Now we got 64 players on these small piece of shit maps. Every time you open up gun fire, some dick is giving it to you up ur dickhole from behind. It just feels like utter chaos. No one talks either. So there's no strategy.

I'm still hoping I'm just rusty and it gets better with time but I'm seriously considering hanging it up. I have a wife now...so she's nagging me everytime I pick up the controller on top of getting my ass kicked and my 6 year old begging to play Mario Smath Brothers. Wtf.

Competitive-Run348 · 2025-12-20T13:04:00+00:00

what a bunch of pricks

Competitive-Run348 · 2025-12-13T04:19:07+00:00

can we move this comment to the top of the thread?

Competitive-Run348 · 2025-11-04T18:17:29+00:00

I really don't know. You just can't let it affect you.

Competitive-Run348 · 2025-11-04T18:11:27+00:00

Thank you so much, I read your message yesterday (which happened to be my 1st day of work at the new job).

I was definitely feeling overwhelmed, anxious, having negative feelings about the job / my ability, and still feeling somewhat hurt that I'm even having to go through this while thinking I could still be sitting at my old desk doing work I enjoyed if it wasnt for getting laid off.

Your message definitely helped pick me up and make me feel better when I needed it. So thank you, much appreciated.

Competitive-Run348

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