I agree. I have seen incredible things done in Excel in the most elegant ways, by people with zero programming, math or computer backgrounds. And as you said,

I agree. I have seen incredible things done in Excel in the most elegant ways, by people with zero programming, math or computer backgrounds. And as you said, presentation is key. Presented as "use these tools to set this up" things could go well. Presented as "write this in python" it may not go at all.