#businessanalysis for beginners. Internal motivation and struggles of BAs

Have you ever wondered who are these people who do business Analysis and why are they doing it?
I had the fortune to facilitate series of BA workshops where I got to ask questions to real-world BAs.
At the first meetup I have asked what drives them to do analysis?

After all, a good chunk of developers are trying to stay away from it, and since I have came out of that crowd, I am curious why people choose to do BA

So, here is how they have answered what business analysts love and what challenges them in BA

Motivation and struggles of BA