Microsoft and the Imposter

I'm an imposter

I really don't know what I'm talking about, I just like to write. I am seeking a career change (I guess you can call it that) and data happens to be where it's at - that's why I write about it.

Imposter syndrome strikes the best of us. I've long gotten over the demoralization that comes with unemployment, but imposter syndrome can become quite acute when you don't have a job.

So just to let you know, I'm not trying to come off as a professional who has made it in the field. Rather, I'm just like a journalist covering a field I really enjoy.

The problem with Microsoft

The problem with Microsoft is that you can't get rid of them. Buying or using one product leads to purchasing more of their offerings from thier entire suite of products - products that all work nicely together. This is why Azure has experienced such incredible growth over the last few years which no one can seem to emulate.

After all, if you're running a Windows network on-premises, it's not a huge leap for you to take your stuff to the cloud - Microsoft's Azure cloud that is. Microsoft does such a good job at integrating their offerings, that using one tool can eventually lead to becoming a Microsoft shop, exclusively.

In fact, many companies live entirely within the Microsoft ecosystem. And Microsoft likes it that way. For someone like me, who is looking into Data Analytics, they've quite an impressive offering. From MS SQL to Excel to Power BI to Fabric - they've got thier s*** together. And this is coming from someone who doesn't really like Microsoft and has tried to avoid them for years.

The bottom line is I need to make money, and as that old saying goes, "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." I'm going to milk some of Microsoft's cash cows one way or another. And I'm not looking to become Microsoft's brand ambassador or anything, I just want to make a little money.