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re: Is there anything more frustrating than watching someone fumbling through Excel?

Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:24 pm to
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:24 pm to
The ot is about the last place I would expect to see this

Tech board bro
Posted by soccerfüt
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Member since May 2013
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:25 pm to
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I’m a national resource
You are precisely the opposite.

A national detriment.

Serve that on your pivot table.
Posted by North Dallas Tiger
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Member since Mar 2024
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:30 pm to
i have to work in excel almost every day at least once, although not for extended periods of time - just reviewing things

i will agree that knowing keyboard shortcuts saves a lot of time escpecially if you are editing cells
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:31 pm to
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I’m a national resource for Excel and another software we use called Alteryx


Amazing! How about you set up a call to go over basic Excel functions. Make sure you stand up so the camera can see you.
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:31 pm to
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I’m a national resource for Excel and another software we use called Alteryx


Amazing! How about you set up a call to go over basic Excel functions. Make sure you stand up so the camera can see you.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
29526 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:32 pm to
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How about you set up a call to go over basic Excel functions. Make sure you stand up so the camera can see you


I usually sit, but I do have a standing desk
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
39711 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:40 pm to
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Is there anything more frustrating than watching someone fumbling through Excel?


Watching a teams meeting where the host wants to go word by word through a proposal in Microsoft Word.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:45 pm to
This new Mingo is trying way too hard, I liked the old one better
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:46 pm to
I hate pivot tables and people who create them are always douches.
Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:47 pm to
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Mingo Was His NameO


You should take your own advice. No one gives a shite.
Posted by North Dallas Tiger
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:48 pm to
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I hate pivot tables and people who create them are always douches.
Pivot tables are tremendously helpful in analyzing data
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:50 pm to
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Pivot tables are tremendously helpful in analyzing data


And incredibly easy. It’s drag and drop
Posted by LSUA 75
Colfax,La.
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:51 pm to
What is Excel?
Posted by North Dallas Tiger
United States of America
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:53 pm to
yep
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:56 pm to
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It’s 2025, excel has been around for decades, there’s just no excuse for this shite


You know what's really frustrating?

Actual system analysts/dbas watching you people use power query and odbc connections to tap data sources from the likes of SQL and Oracle databases. Y'all are frickin clueless.

I wish Microsoft would have never let you fricktards touch data. Stick to pivots and vlookups and filters.


This post was edited on 1/22/25 at 6:58 pm
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:57 pm to
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there is nothing more frustrating and soul crushing than someone asking for help you have to watch them struggle to do things as simple as filter data or copy cells down


Wow, so soul crushing… maybe you could put them in touch with someone humble enough to actually help them… like some kind of resource or something.
Posted by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 6:59 pm to
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I’m a national resource for Excel and another software we use called Alteryx, and there is nothing more frustrating and soul crushing than someone asking for help you have to watch them struggle to do things as simple as filter data or copy cells down

Being a great resource means you have the opportunity to teach others what you know, instead of:
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On the plus side, I can finish the shite I need to do in 20% of the time and do whatever I want in the remaining time while they’re putzing around clicking on single cells.
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
20943 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 7:00 pm to
A few lines into SAS gets output in a few seconds that would take you hours to do in Excel. When people brag about their exploits with Excel they're just telling the world they don't actually know anything about numbers.
Posted by Traffic Circle
Down the Rabbit Hole
Member since Nov 2013
4598 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 7:01 pm to
Is Excel like Lotus 1-2-3?
Posted by Paige
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Member since Oct 2010
85489 posts
Posted on 1/22/25 at 7:01 pm to
You’re no Paul Allen that’s for sure
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