# Career Growth

> Salaries, switching tracks, interview prep and promotion playbooks for students and working professionals in tech.

- [Business Analytics Course: Pick by the Job, Not the Syllabus](https://www.1stepgrow.com/business-analytics-course-with-data-science-specialization/) — Pick a business analytics course by the job you want: decision-focused for managers, data science depth for analysts. Five compared, plus the skill most skip.
- [Data Science Course for Managers: What AI Leaders Actually Need](https://www.1stepgrow.com/data-science-specialization-course-ai-manager/) — What a data science course for managers should teach AI leaders: the four decisions you will own, the literacy floor and five checks before you pay.
- [Tech Career Roadmap: From Finished Course to First Offer](https://www.1stepgrow.com/articles/learning-to-earning-tech-career-roadmap/) — A tech career roadmap for the gap between finishing a course and an offer: public evidence, one target role, referrals, a tracked funnel and your first 90 days.
- [Data Analyst vs Data Scientist: Which Role to Target First](https://www.1stepgrow.com/articles/data-analyst-vs-data-scientist/) — Data analyst vs data scientist: how daily work, skills, pay and entry routes differ, with one dataset analysed both ways and a rule for which to target first.
- [How to Switch to Tech at 30 (or 35, or 40) Without Starting From Zero](https://www.1stepgrow.com/articles/how-to-switch-to-tech-at-30/) — How to switch to tech at 30 or later with a job, a mortgage and eight usable hours a week: adjacent roles, a realistic timeline and what the data shows.