WashedOver@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoit always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...lemmy.caimagemessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1949arrow-down110
arrow-up1939arrow-down1imageit always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...lemmy.caWashedOver@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square176fedilink
minus-squareWhoresradish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·7 months agoThe customer wants the brand new website we are building them to be able to load data from several types of excel files and then email them an excel file with results. Please shoot me…
minus-squarePatches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 months agoSometimes it’s okay to fire a client.
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-27 months agoSome of my clients I’d like to actually set on fire
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoThat’s… a normal usecase? Importing exporting excel files?
minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 months agoCustomer wants a database, but has the MBA learning disability? Yes, literally the primary use of excel.
minus-squarePatches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months ago My client has an MBA. Please be gentle with him My sides. 😂
minus-squaredroans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoWhat’s the use case? Like for anything financial, Excel files are preferable. Although I will say this. Companies are lying when they say they want Excel exports. They don’t. They want CSV but they don’t know the difference.
The customer wants the brand new website we are building them to be able to load data from several types of excel files and then email them an excel file with results. Please shoot me…
Sometimes it’s okay to fire a client.
Some of my clients I’d like to actually set on fire
That’s… a normal usecase? Importing exporting excel files?
Customer wants a database, but has the MBA learning disability? Yes, literally the primary use of excel.
My sides. 😂
What’s the use case?
Like for anything financial, Excel files are preferable.
Although I will say this. Companies are lying when they say they want Excel exports. They don’t. They want CSV but they don’t know the difference.