And between knowing Excel like you’ve described and knowing only the basics exists an uncanny valley of being able to create some truly revolting abominations. Additionally when all you know is Excel, every problem becomes a spreadsheet, for better or for worse (usually the latter).
Program management system for the entire division? Excel. “Agile” task tracker? Excel. Requirements manager? Oh no no, that one’s written in a word document with no version control. I have trauma. Use tools made for the thing you want to do, please.
Yeah, I appreciate that, and it’s really annoying. But it is still remarkable how Excel can pull off all of those abominations while having such a comparatively low skill floor.
Like Legos. Accessible, simple, capable of building a lot of things, but you’d obviously be better served making a house out of actual building materials.
When you know Excel really well, it’s like Legos for data. If you’ve got the imagination, intuition, and patience, you can make some incredible stuff.
And between knowing Excel like you’ve described and knowing only the basics exists an uncanny valley of being able to create some truly revolting abominations. Additionally when all you know is Excel, every problem becomes a spreadsheet, for better or for worse (usually the latter).
Program management system for the entire division? Excel. “Agile” task tracker? Excel. Requirements manager? Oh no no, that one’s written in a word document with no version control. I have trauma. Use tools made for the thing you want to do, please.
Yeah, I appreciate that, and it’s really annoying. But it is still remarkable how Excel can pull off all of those abominations while having such a comparatively low skill floor.
Like Legos. Accessible, simple, capable of building a lot of things, but you’d obviously be better served making a house out of actual building materials.
This user:
“Don’t worry I’m learning Power BI so I won’t have to use Excel for everything soon.”