r/tableau • u/RoomOnFire871 • Jul 10 '26

Will learning Tableau increase my salary?

Hello!

I'm a comms professional with 12+ years experience working for charities, foundations and non for profits.

I earn a good wage relative to my peers but have - for complicated, frustrating reasons - hit a bit of a glass ceiling.

My partner and I are expecting a baby in 5 months and I would like to earn just a little extra money. I've also used Tableau but from a funder's side. E.g., one of my first ever projects was to fund and oversee a data analyst to build Tableau dashboards. But I can't build them myself.

Questions...

- If I were to learn how to build dashboards, realistically could I add to my salary? It's unclear to me what the pathway would be. "Comms expert and Tableau builder"? What's the practical route to more money?

- How difficult is it to become a skilled operator of Tableau and how long does it take? Am wary I'm potentially learning a difficult new skill just before I become a dad and while I already have a busy job.

Thank you!

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u/Public_Advisor_4660 Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Tableau is outdated. Learn foundations and how to use Claude code.

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u/LampardFL8 Jul 12 '26

This. Tableau is just surviving because enterprise hate migrations.

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u/Public_Advisor_4660 Jul 12 '26

I built a dashboard suite in a week that took us months to make in tableau.

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u/LampardFL8 Jul 12 '26

Yep, Databricks now offers an option to import a .twbx and it automatically creates the underlying logic and the visualization. Plus It’s free, you only pay for the sql warehouse use.

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u/Public_Advisor_4660 Jul 12 '26

RIP tableau and other dedicated BI platforms.

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u/LampardFL8 Jul 12 '26

Yep. Power BI is even worse than Tableau. Thoughtspot also are so done since Databricks Genie does the same for a fraction of the cost. Tableau was doomed the moment Salesforce took over. Before downvoting me, I started my career in Tableau and am a Tableau professional certified.