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Either That Or A.I.

Either That Or A.I.
The trillion-dollar financial industry's dirty secret? It's just a bunch of spreadsheets in a trenchcoat. Banks, hedge funds, and trillion-dollar markets all crucified on the cross of Microsoft Excel. One misplaced decimal, one broken VLOOKUP, and the economy tanks. Meanwhile, some 22-year-old analyst is frantically trying to fix their circular reference errors before the CFO notices. The modern economy: powered by a program designed in the 80s that crashes if you sort a column wrong.

True Excel Expertise Is Measured In Hatred

True Excel Expertise Is Measured In Hatred
The universal truth of Excel expertise: the more you know, the more you despise it. Nothing says "power user" like the burning hatred that comes from understanding Excel's dark corners. The HR person immediately recognizes this as advanced proficiency—because only someone who's spent years wrestling with VLOOKUP failures and circular reference errors could harbor such authentic resentment.

One Man Show

One Man Show
Nine data professionals standing around watching while one Excel guru does all the actual work. Classic corporate data science theater. The entire AI department, with their fancy degrees and machine learning models, rendered useless by someone who mastered VLOOKUP and pivot tables. That's what happens when you spend $2 million on a data lake but can't figure out how to drain a real one.