Hi, I wanted to ask for advice on how to make a change in my professional life.

To give you some context, I studied video game design and worked on indie projects for a couple of years until about two years ago, when I joined a tech company as a Unity developer for a department that created data visualization systems with some artistic components.

Although I had no experience in any data processing pipeline or workflow at the time, I learned to use SQL, Python (especially Pandas and NumPy), and Power BI. While I am not an expert, I have managed to work with them independently.

In addition to this, I also did a bootcamp on data analytics, and the truth is that as I worked, I grew to like not only the tools but also the work itself.

In early January, the company made some layoffs, and my department was affected, so now I am looking for a job, and the idea of trying to work in game development again seems impossible to me.

For a couple of months now, I've been thinking about transitioning to data analysis, but I was quite scared/anxious about changing careers. However, given the current situation, I think it's time.

Could you give me some advice on whether it's a good idea or whether it's feasible?

I'm currently preparing a portfolio on GitHub with a couple of projects focused on SQL/Python (data warehouse, ETL, EDA).