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Katzeye t1_j981o8p wrote

Reply to comment by hacktheself in LPT: Take a few days to familiarize yourself with a spreadsheet app (e.g., MS Excel, Google Sheets). The uses are endless for school, the office, life, and other people will think you're a wizard. by tophswanson

I heard an interview economist say “we would be shocked how much of the worlds economy runs on excel”.

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popejubal t1_j98pxqf wrote

Knowing the phrase “pivot tables” wasn’t the sole reason I was hired for my current job, but it was a big factor.

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Trickycoolj t1_j99em7v wrote

My husband was going through a temp agency for work during the 2008 recession. They asked him to take an excel test. At the end he says “no pivot tables? Lookups?” The agency was like “um we’ll just mark your skill as ‘excel guru’”

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gargravarr2112 t1_j9a6e3a wrote

When you consider Excel auto-formats data basically as it likes, whether it makes sense or not, this explains a LOT about the world's economy...

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