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When I worked at a hedge fund being introduced to Python after years of working in spreadsheets was a revelation. ChatGPT/Copilot have dramatically reduced the
by danten12 3y ago
When I worked at a hedge fund being introduced to Python after years of working in spreadsheets was a revelation. ChatGPT/Copilot have dramatically reduced the cost of switching to the IDE for bankers/investors/consultants who make up Microsoft 365's core user base.
Surprising that Microsoft would give users this gateway drug, but I suppose the reasoning is that you can keep your users by making Excel a quasi-IDE.
- pasc1878 3y agoExcel was already a quasi IDE 30 years ago even without VBA. Excel macros and the C FFI interface worked. I suspect HN users in general are different to finance users and so have not seen how Excel is used.