Excel WTF, have I been wasting my powers?

There are 2 things that strike me about this post over at Daily WTF. Well there are 3 things, but 1 of them (…my god, computer programmers are soooo anally retentive it’s untrue..) always strikes me, I should work on my duck and weave.

1. The formula sucks

2. Have I been miss an opportunity to “pick up chicks” by debugging excel formulas*?- Check out the comments?

*It seems unlikely…

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Comments

  1. Doug Jenkins says:

    I liked this comment:

    “Convert them to your own functions written in VBA. Much easier to debug and maintain, and often far simpler. ”

    But that probably just shows that I accidentally the whole point as well.

  2. Ross says:

    Doug,
    That was also what I.*

    * I dont understand all this stuff, but what the hay, I’m game!

  3. Anthony says:

    As far as #2 goes, yes. I’ve had the pleasure of assisting many a good looking brunette (and blond, redhead too) when I worked in captive employment at a very large insurance company. That was indeed a nice perk!

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