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Watch some youtube vids of Excel pros moving around the UI quickly. There's no other UI I can think of where so much is being done so quickly except maybe a bas

Watch some youtube vids of Excel pros moving around the UI quickly. There's no other UI I can think of where so much is being done so quickly except maybe a bash pro. America's favorite villain Martin Shkreli was pretty amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFSf5YhYQbw&feature=youtu.be&t=5199 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFSf5YhYQbw&feature=youtu.be...

pinot 9y ago
It's emacs for numbers.
wooly_bully 9y ago
Watching someone who was very adept in Vim keybindings (specifically navigating in visual mode) was impressive the first time. Immediately started learning it that day.
Balgair 9y ago
I'm ok with vi, and ol' Martin 'wurmtongue' Shkreli is pretty good, but what is more amazing is that he has people watching him stream. When you try telling your uncle at thanksgiving (who 'dabbles' in finance) that someone like Grimma there would stream his analysts, let alone that people would watch him, they look at you like you have 10 green heads. Shkreli there is a perfect example of a generation gap.
- cooper12 9y ago
  He has a cult of personality like all scumbags who make money. Everyone will kiss their ass to find out their "secret sauce" when it's usually just exploiting people and general psychopathy. He's a big favorite of the 4chan-types because he makes money while pissing people off and is the embodiment of capitalism.
- clydethefrog 9y ago
  Not a generation gap. Just the general end conclusion of culture that rewards greed.
petepete 9y ago
Also see You suck at Excel by Joel Spolsky https://youtu.be/0nbkaYsR94c https://youtu.be/0nbkaYsR94c
nikcub 9y ago
There's honestly nothing impressive about copy+paste data and basic cell manipulation and formatting - you could do that in Google Docs. Where Excel is really entrenched is in VBA scripts and macros that are written and shared ie. what Shkreli is doing there most would do with MSXML + SEC feeds or with the Bloomberg Excel Add-On

pinot 9y ago

It's emacs for numbers.

wooly_bully 9y ago

Watching someone who was very adept in Vim keybindings (specifically navigating in visual mode) was impressive the first time. Immediately started learning it that day.

Balgair 9y ago

I'm ok with vi, and ol' Martin 'wurmtongue' Shkreli is pretty good, but what is more amazing is that he has people watching him stream. When you try telling your uncle at thanksgiving (who 'dabbles' in finance) that someone like Grimma there would stream his analysts, let alone that people would watch him, they look at you like you have 10 green heads. Shkreli there is a perfect example of a generation gap.

cooper12 9y ago
He has a cult of personality like all scumbags who make money. Everyone will kiss their ass to find out their "secret sauce" when it's usually just exploiting people and general psychopathy. He's a big favorite of the 4chan-types because he makes money while pissing people off and is the embodiment of capitalism.
clydethefrog 9y ago
Not a generation gap. Just the general end conclusion of culture that rewards greed.

petepete 9y ago

Also see You suck at Excel by Joel Spolsky https://youtu.be/0nbkaYsR94c https://youtu.be/0nbkaYsR94c

nikcub 9y ago

There's honestly nothing impressive about copy+paste data and basic cell manipulation and formatting - you could do that in Google Docs. Where Excel is really entrenched is in VBA scripts and macros that are written and shared ie. what Shkreli is doing there most would do with MSXML + SEC feeds or with the Bloomberg Excel Add-On