topic After 4.5 years of experience in SAS (Finance Domain) how much it is necessary to do BASE SAS or Advanced SAS certification ??? Please guide in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/After-4-5-years-of-experience-in-SAS-Finance-Domain-how-much-it/m-p/196555#M305272 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>After 4.5 years of experience in SAS (Finance Domain) how much it is necessary to do BASE SAS or Advanced SAS certification ??? Please guide</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 31 May 2015 09:31:05 GMT SmitaS 2015-05-31T09:31:05Z After 4.5 years of experience in SAS (Finance Domain) how much it is necessary to do BASE SAS or Advanced SAS certification ??? Please guide https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/After-4-5-years-of-experience-in-SAS-Finance-Domain-how-much-it/m-p/196555#M305272 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>After 4.5 years of experience in SAS (Finance Domain) how much it is necessary to do BASE SAS or Advanced SAS certification ??? Please guide</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 31 May 2015 09:31:05 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/After-4-5-years-of-experience-in-SAS-Finance-Domain-how-much-it/m-p/196555#M305272 SmitaS 2015-05-31T09:31:05Z Re: After 4.5 years of experience in SAS (Finance Domain) how much it is necessary to do BASE SAS or Advanced SAS certification ??? Please guide https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/After-4-5-years-of-experience-in-SAS-Finance-Domain-how-much-it/m-p/196556#M305273 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ask yourself:</P><P>- how many data steps have I written?</P><P>- do I understand the inner working of the data step?</P><P>- how many working SAS SQL queries have I written?</P><P>- how many external files have I successfully imported?</P><P>- how many exports from SAS to other data formats have I done?</P><P>- how many reports have I created by manipulating/writing code?</P><P>- how many (and which) SAS procedures can I code from memory?</P><P>- did I make proper use of the macro engine when needed?</P><P>- have I ever set up a SAS installation on my own?</P><P></P><P>as these answers may give you a clue where to begin.</P><P></P><P>If all you ever did was to use the point-and-click frontend to a SAS application, you best start at SAS Programming 1.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:55:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/After-4-5-years-of-experience-in-SAS-Finance-Domain-how-much-it/m-p/196556#M305273 Kurt_Bremser 2015-06-01T10:55:53Z