Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Feb 14, 2019Poll: What is the single most valuable basic pre-software tech skill for non-software engineers?SQL34%Basic shell scripting18.6%HTML10.2%Excel macros37.1%547 votes·Final results1629
Britt Crawford@britt·Feb 14, 2019Replying to @vgr and @calcsamOh then I’m with @calcsam. Formulas are the most valuable pre-programming skill. You can do most anything with formulas and cleverness.29
sun froid d'eté@asemic_horizon·Feb 14, 2019Replying to @vgr @britt and @calcsamVB macros are evil. Pure functions written in VBA can be called from spreadsheet formulas and thus abstract complex math logic. Making for better spreadsheets emphasizing dataflow logic not hacks to get math operations done.