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I fall into the idiot category.
No, just unfamiliar with that particular tech and very possibly not needing to be any more familiar; a lot of people who learn a moderate amount about computing fall into the trap of thinking it's the ultimate, only and best thing. Making smart people feel stupid is a speciality of computing. The kind of idiot I'm referring to learns a little programming and ever after sneers at anything that doesn't involve for loops and endless chains of if/then/else. Spreadsheets get a lot of hate from them, but are actually a rare combination of accessibility, elegance and power.
There's a whole class of people who are good with spreadsheets but are sneered at by bad programmers. Not being good with spreadsheets doesn't make you stupid, just somebody whose talents for thinking express themselves differently.
Computing is full of cultures of contempt, where people who have found one tech solution that matches their way of thinking hate everybody who found a different way to theirs.
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I try to stick to knowing what I need to know. This works for me until I need something extra. My recent foray into Excel was due to being unable to create a table big enough for my task in Word. Cue panic attack 😁. My colleague was able to assist me and I managed to get the task done - learning a little too. I know my limits but it was good to learn a little more.
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Computing is full of cultures of contempt, where people who have found one tech solution that matches their way of thinking hate everybody who found a different way to theirs.
I hate all programmers equally, myself included.
TGR
HatBeard
I fall into the idiot category. I also don’t seem to have much need of spreadsheets generally.
Very recently I did have a reason to use it and it worked well - once someone showed me what to do. Still stressed though 😁