alt Hacker NewsOne of my hobbies is telling people with extremely elaborate Excel spreadsheets (the kind that companies run on) that they're programmers even though they didn't think they were.
One of my hobbies is telling people with extremely elaborate Excel spreadsheets (the kind that companies run on) that they're programmers even though they didn't think they were.
Right, I work with several of these people, but they understand this. There is a real intimidation factor with general purpose languages, with all their tools and elaborate rituals. I feel the same way about alien platforms like z/OS. Oddly enough, many programmers are intimidated by Excel or at least never use it even when it is clearly a better tool for a particular task than the ones they are familiar with.