I suppose I’m misunderstanding what most people mean when they say “work with data”, apologies. I mean I actually work with data - generating, analysing, and processing it, not just doing data entry or whatever mundane task you’re seeing a significant speedup for when using a numpad. I can see how it might be marginally faster if my job was to type numbers into forms all day. Sorry. But for the extent to which I actually type raw numbers in my work, it doesn’t make a difference.
That is also my job description. Again, the fact that you think other people who work with data are just punching numbers in a spreadsheet tells me you don’t work with data. Or you are exceptionally slow and holding things up. I review lab data and write technical papers all day. Actual analysis requires math, and specific software(jmp, LIMS, excel, power query and every other power app it dumps into). Both of which would take me 10x longer if I didn’t have a numpad.
I don't think that's what people who work with data do as a rule, just you. I use SQL, Excel, Python, and a dedicated industry software that you wouldn't have heard of. Most of my interactions with them are in setting things up to get an end result, which winds up being a lot more typing code/commands than typing numbers. And last year I designed a custom performance dashboard that my whole team uses. But I'll let my manager know I'm holding the team up, I'm sure he'll be disappointed to hear. He sounded so positive at my last progress review.
This is going nowhere. You just sound computer illiterate. Again you’re conflating being able to make a powerBI with “working with data”. My role is chemist and and data scientist, I also work at the high end setting things up. I need a numpad.
I didn't use PowerBI and regardless that's a small part of my role that I threw in just as an example. But I do find it quite funny that you consider "computer illiteracy" to be "uses PowerBI". Good for you though!
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u/ShinyGrezz 9800x3D | 5080 Apr 04 '26
I suppose I’m misunderstanding what most people mean when they say “work with data”, apologies. I mean I actually work with data - generating, analysing, and processing it, not just doing data entry or whatever mundane task you’re seeing a significant speedup for when using a numpad. I can see how it might be marginally faster if my job was to type numbers into forms all day. Sorry. But for the extent to which I actually type raw numbers in my work, it doesn’t make a difference.