whats hot, whats not skills for sas® professionals (presentation)

What's Not - Skills for SAS® Professionals

A presentation by

Kirk Paul LaflerCharles Edwin Shipp

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• The World of the SAS Professional

• What’s Hot

• What’s Not so Hot

• Improving Skills / Expertise

Presentation Objectives

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The services you intend to offer should be geared to adding value in

an already highly competitive marketplace.

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• Identify the skills you currently possess DATA/PROC step programming Macro programming Database design ODS and specialized output Technical writing and so on . . .

Taking Inventory of your Skills

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• Identify the skills you currently possess DATA/PROC step programming Macro programming Database design ODS and specialized output Technical writing

• Rank each skill Expert Proficient Some working knowledge None

Taking Inventory of your Skills

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• Identify the skills you currently possess DATA/PROC step programming Macro programming Database design ODS and specialized output Technical writing

• Rank each skill Expert Proficient Some working knowledge None

• Identify level of competence Cutting edge Competitive Out-of-date

Taking Inventory of your Skills

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• Categorize each skill by functional discipline Programming Design Analysis Analytics Data Cleansing Teaching Documentation Marketing and so on . . .

Taking Inventory of your Skills

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• Enterprise Guide – GUI point-and-click front-end application• Hash Techniques – “Fast” table lookups• Create RTF, PDF, HTML, XML, and Excel Spreadsheets – ODS• Construct Queries, Tables, Views, Case Logic, Joins – PROC SQL• Detail and Summary Reporting – PROC REPORT• Construct Reusable Code and Tools – Macro Language• Access SAS Environment – Dictionary Tables and SASHELP Views• Business Intelligence• Share Structured Data as meta-data – SAS/XML• Technical Support, Online Documentation – http://support.sas.com• Social Networking, Blogs, Forums, Tech Supt – sasCommunity.org• List Serve of archived Technical Support Help – SAS-L• SAS Certification – SAS Certified Professional Exams• Statistical and Data Visualization – JMP software

What’s Hot

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• SAS/ASSIST®

• SAS/FSP®

• SAS/AF®

• Screen Component Language®

What’s Not so Hot

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• SAS-led courses (lecture / hands-on workshops)

• Non-SAS Institute Instructor-led courses

• Self-paced computer-based training (CBT)

• http://support.sas.com

• Online SAS documentation in PDF and HTML format

• User-written books from SAS Press, Books by Users (BBU)

• “White” papers on sasCommunity.org and support.sas.com

• User Group presentations and Hands-on workshops

• Podcasts, Webinars and other content on sasCommunity.org

Improving Skills / Expertise

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Three Key Areas of Testing: SAS Programming Predictive Modeling Data Warehousing

SAS Certified Professional Exams

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Two Credentials:

• SAS Certified Base Programmer Credential for SAS 9- SAS Base Programming Exam for SAS 9

• SAS Certified Advanced Programmer Credential for SAS 9- SAS Base Programming Exam for SAS 9- SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9

SAS Programming Credentials

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One Credential:

• SAS Predictive Modeling Using SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2- Predictive Modeling Using SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2 Exam

Predictive Modeling Credential

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Two Credentials:

• SAS Certified Warehouse Development Specialist Credential- SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9- SAS Warehouse Technology Exam- SAS Warehouse Development Specialist Concepts Exam

• SAS Certified Warehouse Architect Credential- SAS Warehouse Technology Exam- SAS Warehouse Architect Concepts Exam

Data Warehousing Credentials

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• The World of the SAS Professional

• What’s Hot

• What’s Not so Hot

• Improving Skills / Expertise

Conclusion

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Thank you for attending !

Kirk Paul Lafler and Charles Edwin ShippSenior Consultants, Trainers and Authors

Software Intelligence Corporation

For “white” paper send to KirkLafler@cs.com