Hiring your first analyst? Here’s the truth:
A complete Business Intelligence setup with UX/UI-perfect dashboards and AI — live tomorrow
Why hiring your first data analyst is rarely enough
If you’re a growing company with 50–500 employees and no BI system in place, hiring a single data analyst won’t solve the problem.
Modern BI requires at least 5–6 different skill sets:
- BI analyst — defines metrics, builds reports, talks to business
- Data engineer — sets up ETL pipelines and maintains data flow (e.g., dbt, Airbyte)
- Data architect — models the semantic layer, manages warehouse logic
- UX/UI designer — creates dashboards people actually use (we use Figma + Superset/Tableau)
- Python developer — writes scripts, automates logic, builds alerts
- AI/ML engineer — powers smart monitoring and recommendations
Hiring one person to do all that?
Unrealistic. Slow. Expensive. Risky.