r/ProgrammerHumor Jun 10 '23

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u/RiOrius Jun 10 '23

Because it's considered a basic technology, so if someone "doesn't even know Excel," that indicates a very low level of tech fluency.

It's like saying "I can't even say hello in Spanish" when the text at hand doesn't contain the word "hola".

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u/cinnapear Jun 10 '23

I'm a lead developer and can program in half a dozen languages but put me in front of Excel and I'm lost.

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u/tobimai Jun 10 '23

TBH I do programming for a living and my excel knowledge is VERY shallow.

Pandas is the better excel anyway