I really like excel, but the sad truth is that outside of the tech world, many many people are incredibly un-tech-savy. I used to be a contractor for a governm

I really like excel, but the sad truth is that outside of the tech world, many many people are incredibly un-tech-savy. I used to be a contractor for a government agency (that will go unnamed). Granted, it's the government, not the private sector but few people realize that most computers owned by the federal government still run Windows XP. Additionally, the approval process for getting new software usually takes 1-6 months. We're talking about installing something like Google Picasa. Additionally, software updates would have to go through a clearance process, leaving my computer completely vulnerable for weeks at a time while someone (maybe) scrutinized an update to Flash. It wasn't only the equipment – the sheer lack of ability with computers surprised me. This wasn't an isolated incident – it seemed like everyone from secretaries to managers with PhDs were barely above that scene from Zoolander. Some examples: We had one "analyst" who had never heard of pivot tables in excel. This is someone whose job it is to analyze massive budgets. They were manually selecting cells to see the count number at the bottom of the Excel window and writing coordinates down on a piece of paper. After having transferred to Google Applications for 9 months, there were still several people who were surprised to learn that Chrome was a web browser. One asked, "but how do you Google things?" $1500 videochat system? Forget it, nobody knew how to use it and rarely ever tried. I think people are starting to wake up to the importance of technology, but I really feel like employers should do more to test their problem solving ability. I am by no means an expert with VB or the more advanced aspects of excel. But my ability to research quickly and solve problems put me miles ahead of everyone else.