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Re:Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs by megy on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:01PM (#15761756)
Excel is a great way to code, but a horrible way to decode. Every try to pick apart someone else's spreadsheet.
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Re:Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs by pcsanwald on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:19PM (#15761828)
You could make the same argument about most programming languages. I hate to sound like I'm parroting Spolsky, but, he's right that the reason that the reason every developer ever wants to re-write the code they inherit is because it's easier to write code than it is to read it.

It's obviously an exaggeration, but not by much.

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Re:Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs by princeb on Thursday November 23, 2017 @12:17AM (#15762961)
the way i tell great developers from good developers is from how willing they are to dive into someone else's turd and make changes to it.
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Re:Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs by azernik on Thursday November 23, 2017 @01:54AM (#15763322)
Oh god the years I spent on doing that with wireless drivers were a fucking nightmare.

Which I guess makes that test more about dedication and attitude than about raw skill.

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