How to apply previous experience when retraining as a programmer?

Question

Programming

Hello friends.
The topic of retraining as a programmer on the Internet has been discussed and discussed everywhere, my question is a bit off topic. Yes, I'm 33 years old and yes, I realized that what I'm doing is not mine and blah blah blah ... The
question is the following. I have extensive experience and knowledge in sales and production planning. I work a lot with large data arrays, with pivot tables and formulas in Excel. And I think how can I apply this knowledge in the future? Advise on which field of programming to go so that I can use previous experience and facilitate the transition from one specialty to another. Who is involved in working with data, what programming languages ​​are used for this, which companies require such work?

Answer 1

With your skill set and knowledge, it makes sense to go into analytics.

Answer 2

First things first, since you're such a data buff, get into SQL. Further, no matter what you do: even web development, even accounting, even software testing - the ability to write competent SQL queries will come in handy.
Here is a good resource for that.

Answer 3

go to managers. this is a parallel branch in the profession.