Position for greater autonomy and expertise? Data analyst?

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Career in IT

Hello dear users!

At the moment I have experience in system analytics for about 6 years. I came to the point of crisis in my attitude to my work.

In practice, job responsibilities come down to frequent communications, several iterations of clarifications and approvals. My opinion: only a logical mindset is enough to work such a job; I'm just looking for answers. It would seem that this is good - a minimum of costs for studying current technologies, etc. But I want a different feeling from work.

And here's what you want:

1. be able to work without being tied to the schedule of others; this is possible if the answers to most questions can be found by yourself; probably most freelance positions meet this criterion;
   
2. actually: to be able to solve most of the issues on the way to the result yourself. without involving others; for this, apparently, you need to become an expert in some area;
   

The description of the criteria is somewhat similar to the so-called flow activity, when you can perform feasible tasks, gradually approaching the result. I experienced a similar state when writing analytics for new services and systems - a minimum of restrictions and approvals, so 80% of the time I created, invented, built a logical picture of the process (starting from the database and ending with call / response formats), and the remaining 20% ​​of the time - could receive offline responses from a limited set of people, on the basis of which (answers) - made final changes to the process. Specific example: create an api and a database to store information about a new kind of product.

Perhaps the solution to my need lies in being an analyst only on new projects - implementing systems from scratch.
Or the second option: change of grade - to be an experienced junior in order to solve work tasks by asking a minimum of questions offline.

I also see another option: for some reason it seems to me that reporting, data-analytics is a sphere. where it is possible, working with a limited set of information, a limited set of tools, to get a specific result, answers to questions on your own. Those. do not wait for answers to questions from colleagues, but receive answers based on real data. Those. I'm not inventing anything - all questions are answered by data. Maybe I'm looking for more confidence in the results. Data analysts have one of the highest job satisfactions.
Although probably - in any field you can work independently - design, development, etc. Or is someone more autonomous?

Maybe I need a mentor. I would like to have access to constant clear feedback.
In general, it is difficult to get out of the feeling that I am doing something non-specific, and this is called work. I would like it more clearly: the task - the process of independent work - the result.
Of the tasks that I like: data mapping (for example, to match the api response format with the database structure); description of objects / systems from scratch (with the imposition of a minimum of restrictions); to be an assistant (this does not contradict the fact that you want to work on your own; the feeling that you are helping someone gives confidence in the result; I mean helping someone who knows how it should be, but delegates part of the work).
I can communicate with people. I don’t like the state of “learn a little incomprehensible something from whom it is not clear”.
It seems I need an IT psychologist, are there such people? :)
Thanks in advance to everyone who read this question to the end.

Answer 1

yes, all your thoughts are complete crap. and does not depend on the office you work or freelance.
in fact, everything depends only on your ability to position / present yourself, and the ability to use it. and of course - to give results.
if you give a result, no one gives a fuck where and how you swim.
and if you can’t, then even under control you will have questions.
and it does not depend on your position / position / area.