I get paid way too much to develop software, but most of what I actually do is work with data in Excel. There is no easier way to get quick answers on a small

I get paid way too much to develop software, but most of what I actually do is work with data in Excel. There is no easier way to get quick answers on a small amount of data regardless of skill level with alternatives and the ability to then share those answers and the work leading to them with non-technical stakeholders is what really separates Excel from the "just use Python/awk/Jupyter/ad hoc solution X" sprinkled all over this thread. With Excel, there is a single solution that works for me, my engineers, my PM, my program manager, my account team, my customers, and my finance stakeholders. Asking any of those parties outside of engineering to go learn R would be quite embarrassing.