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Last year I took a course with Harvard’s CS50P Python because, well, I wanted to learn another language in case Microsoft VBA goes away. Companies are constantly changing up their offerings, so I wanted to be prepared. I did not do it because I thought Microsoft would pair up Excel with Python for data analysis…
I’ve made some various allusions to learning Python but never really discussed this. As someone with a background in finance, why would I learn python? And with the threat of AI taking over junior software developers, again, why would I learn python? Well, here’s a few reasons why I’m learning Python: Now, some of this…
A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft announced a new feature: Python in Excel! Perfect! Because I’m learning Python. I don’t know a whole lot about this new feature because I don’t have access to it. I could do one of those beta testers type thing, but I really don’t know much about Python, so I…
Last time I posted on this topic, I wrote that I was very close to getting into the section of the book Automate the Boring Stuff With Python by Al Sweigart where I would start programming the really interesting and USEFUL stuff, but first, I had to get through two exercises at the end of…