I think when you learn to code, and I mean coding "real" programs, you forget how powerful Excel actually is. Yes, it's awful in many ways, but it is very acce

I think when you learn to code, and I mean coding "real" programs, you forget how powerful Excel actually is. Yes, it's awful in many ways, but it is very accessible to people who don't consider themselves programmers. "I just want to do my thing" is very easily done in a mashup of the spreadsheet and VBA. We also forget the pain of learning a new technology. People whose first experience is excel also go through this. Shit doesn't do what you wanted. After a while, they can build stuff in excel, but they don't want to learn python, because there's more pain coming. Most senior devs have transcended particular languages or technologies, so they don't see it. They pay a very small cost for picking up a new tool, so they scratch their heads when they see a guy who wants to run a trading book on a spreadsheet.