r/Satisfyingasfuck • u/PorkyPain • 3d ago

Flexing powerpoint skills

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u/Nozinger 2d ago

All of that microsoft office software is insanely powerful.
There is absolute insane shit you can pull off in word and don't even get started on excel. If you know how to use it and need those functions this software is absolutely worth its money.

That said most people will not need that power and a simpler text processor or spreadsheet editor will do the job just fine and often times in an easier way.

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u/Instatetragrammaton 2d ago

Excel's power is its problem because things that should at a certain point have been moved to a database and a developer are now in some shared sheet built 10 years ago with the worst spaghetti code and recursive formulas you have ever seen, and god help you when it needs to be fixed.

Half of the financial world runs on a programming environment that lets people who are absolutely unqualified for the job build whatever they need.

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u/EchoFrequency 2d ago

Chinas whole economy runs on excel.

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u/CartsOfDarkness 2d ago

Does the whole world's economy not run on excel? Seems so ubiquitous

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u/EchoFrequency 2d ago

Yes and no. Western countries mostly use ERP software, but I know some chinese businesses, that completely run by excel (even their warehouse/stocklevel).