Lucy and I have an Excel course. We're just transferring it over to the same account as the JD Workshop to save ourselves US$75/month.
I'd forgotten how much care we'd put in to it. Honestly, it's really good. For example here is a screenshot where we introduce the concept of Charts.
Will drop a link here when we make it live. Lucy's just spent a week bringing it over and refreshing it.
@johnnydecimal
Excel? The expensive Libre Office Calc clone? /half joking
@jak2k Ha!
I did try to use Numbers once. That didn’t work.
Love it or hate it, Excel is essential if you have a job. Being able to do stuff really does put you above many other people.
I’ve worked in IT all my life and some of the stuff I’ve seen people churn out would make your blood run cold.
@johnnydecimal
Hot take: People should learn python instead of Excel.
@jak2k Yeah… in theory…
…but good luck firing up a Python console on your horrible corporate-controlled Windows laptop. And connecting to a data source. And publishing the data.
But Excel? It’s just there. It just works.
If I was in charge (of everything, i.e. god), and we could start again, sure. Python or whatever. But I’m not, and we can’t, and Excel is what we have.
So let’s get better at using Excel.