Comments on: Back from the dead (hopefully) http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/ Because you shouldn't need an MBA to be savvy about finance and business Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:11:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Ricemutt http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/comment-page-1/#comment-30505 Ricemutt Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:14:07 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/#comment-30505 MoneyMan: So true, so wise. I think every company falls prey to this pitfall, including the one I'm at right now. And this especially because we're full of engineers, scientists, and math-types. MoneyMan: So true, so wise. I think every company falls prey to this pitfall, including the one I’m at right now. And this especially because we’re full of engineers, scientists, and math-types.

]]> By: MoneyMan http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/comment-page-1/#comment-30328 MoneyMan Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:40:51 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/#comment-30328 Welcome back, and good luck at the new job. Complex excel skills can be both a blessing and a curse... have you ever tried to work on a large shared spreadsheet where one of the authors decided to use named ranges/cells and the vlookups you were talking about, along with external links and macros? (shudder). Unless you're a derivatives trader inventing a replacement for Black-Scholes or running a Monte Carlo simulation, I find that the giant excel sheets I've run into during stints at corporations and investment banks have often been more trouble than they were worth, the biggest reason being that they give a false sense of precision in a world that is filled with uncertainty. The next biggest reason being the more complexity, the more room for error. Here's to keeping it simple! Welcome back, and good luck at the new job. Complex excel skills can be both a blessing and a curse… have you ever tried to work on a large shared spreadsheet where one of the authors decided to use named ranges/cells and the vlookups you were talking about, along with external links and macros? (shudder).

Unless you’re a derivatives trader inventing a replacement for Black-Scholes or running a Monte Carlo simulation, I find that the giant excel sheets I’ve run into during stints at corporations and investment banks have often been more trouble than they were worth, the biggest reason being that they give a false sense of precision in a world that is filled with uncertainty. The next biggest reason being the more complexity, the more room for error.

Here’s to keeping it simple!

]]> By: paul in 02144 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/comment-page-1/#comment-29226 paul in 02144 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:32:40 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/#comment-29226 most posts please :-) most posts please :-)

]]> By: Golbguru http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/comment-page-1/#comment-29039 Golbguru Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:39:17 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/#comment-29039 "And they all do it with keyboard shortcuts."..that has *geek* written all over it. I have known some fellow students of that disposition and they don't look too kindly upon lesser mortals like me who need the mouse for everything. Good luck on the new job, it sounds like a good place with a lot of learning potential for you. “And they all do it with keyboard shortcuts.”..that has *geek* written all over it. I have known some fellow students of that disposition and they don’t look too kindly upon lesser mortals like me who need the mouse for everything.

Good luck on the new job, it sounds like a good place with a lot of learning potential for you.

]]> By: Anandi http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/comment-page-1/#comment-28855 Anandi Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:40:50 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/#comment-28855 Hope it's going well, but nice to see you blogging. Hmm, I'm not sure I'd opt to go back to an environment as scary as college. Then again, I felt stupid all the time there. I prefer being one of the smarter ones :) but maybe that's because I'm a slacker at heart. Hope it’s going well, but nice to see you blogging. Hmm, I’m not sure I’d opt to go back to an environment as scary as college. Then again, I felt stupid all the time there. I prefer being one of the smarter ones :) but maybe that’s because I’m a slacker at heart.

]]> By: ricemutt http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/comment-page-1/#comment-27055 ricemutt Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:40:01 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/#comment-27055 Fun to watch, scary to try to duplicate. We're talking looped vlookups, named ranges, matches, etc. Stuff I've never touched before. And they all do it with keyboard shortcuts. Yeesh. Fun to watch, scary to try to duplicate. We’re talking looped vlookups, named ranges, matches, etc. Stuff I’ve never touched before. And they all do it with keyboard shortcuts. Yeesh.

]]> By: mapgirl http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/comment-page-1/#comment-27034 mapgirl Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:03:39 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/#comment-27034 Scary Excel skills? That sounds COOL! :-) You've got to teach me new ones! Scary Excel skills? That sounds COOL! :-)

You’ve got to teach me new ones!

]]> By: The Digerati Life http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/comment-page-1/#comment-26378 The Digerati Life Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:44:50 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/#comment-26378 I suspected your new job was really occupying you quite a bit! We did miss you. :) Now I'm wondering where you work, since you're just around the corner from me....? I suspected your new job was really occupying you quite a bit! We did miss you. :) Now I’m wondering where you work, since you’re just around the corner from me….?

]]> By: Dennis @ A Pile of Coins http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/comment-page-1/#comment-26375 Dennis @ A Pile of Coins Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:19:10 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2007/02/12/back-from-the-dead-hopefully/#comment-26375 Sounds like you like your new job. That's perfect! My congratulations, I wish I ever found a work environment like this! I might even have sticked with my old IT-based profession ;) Sounds like you like your new job. That’s perfect! My congratulations, I wish I ever found a work environment like this! I might even have sticked with my old IT-based profession ;)

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