5 ms·
If you don't know who the spreadsheet wizard is at your company, become that person. This works in almost any company regardless of field. Once there are some
by no_protocol 10y ago
If you don't know who the spreadsheet wizard is at your company, become that person. This works in almost any company regardless of field. Once there are some more lessons here, I can see it being a great resource.
This looks like a good start, but you pretty much need to get either Google Sheets or Excel into the browser window for the exercises. The half-working thing currently there just isn't going to cut it. It was very hard to work with.
I don't know what plans you have for future tutorials, but I would suggest using specific business use cases as scenarios and exploring them from a basic approach along to more advanced solutions where appropriate.
Also, I really like the name.
- bryanbraun 10y agoGood suggestion on the business use cases. I want the exercises to be realistic documents that you build up over the course of the lesson, not just interactive quiz questions. Agreed, the Spreadsheet needs a lot of work. It's currently just an MVP to gauge interest. (edit: typo)
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- SonOfLilit 10y agoExcel has no competitors today for serious use. Google Spreadsheet lacks analysis features, LibreOffice is laughable (can't even deduplicate rows). If you want to teach serious spreadsheet use, don't waste any time on trying to compete with Excel. Just use it. If you really need to, figure out how to make interactive lessons as VBA macros. But teach real Excel.
- cm2187 10y agoAlso 50% of using the potential of excel is learning the shortcuts (like any good IDE). Worth making a list of the most common things you do, google the shortcut, and adding it to a cheat sheet underneath your screen.
- arkitaip 10y agoIs there any money to be made on mastering Excel? Like are businesses ready to pay for Excel related services?
- skaplun 10y agoCRM administration for example. Excel mastery is generally the entry point into those teams (from my experience)
- Ecio78 10y agoMany investment firms heavily rely on Excel
- wtvanhest 10y agoBasically all corporate functions rely on some excel experience. Corp Finance or FP&A typically require advanced skills. Excel is basically half the value, the other half is business acumen. You need both to be valuable.
- satysin 10y agoIn my experience if you are a real Excel wizard you are close to irreplaceable and yes you can demand a very good salary. A lot of the business world runs on spreadsheets and being able to do some magic will make you a very popular person with management.
- DanBC 10y agoIf you find a way to audit spreadsheets to find fraud and error you'd make a fortune. Speadsheets are scary. http://www.eusprig.org/2006/spreadsheets-in-clinical-medicine-warning.pdf http://www.eusprig.org/2006/spreadsheets-in-clinical-medicin...
- blahi 10y agoThis spreadsheet "shaming" is getting tiresome. The sheer amount of spreadsheets means that more than a few mistakes will come to light. Let's not forget the fMRI software with bugs. Was it done in Excel? Sure, Excel has some problems. No, they are not even close to what is implied in HN threads like this one.