How do you see moving to a sas-centric role as being an improvement? I am under the impression that there are analysts and consultants who dwell on data mining, business intelligence, or other roles revolving around analysis of data. Is that different or an improvement over what you are involved in now?
I find it useful to start with SAS Learning edition (which is relatively cheap), where I get to slowly pick up the programming language and practice on my desktop. Once the fundamentals are in place, it should be relatively easy to decide where there might be a best fit between your career objectives and the options before you.
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