I just saw on LinkedIn that my alma mater now sends their finance students to an excel hot key contest every year. They boasted that it will prepare them to have successful finance careers. Does anyone else think this doesn’t do much? I use some hotkeys in excel, but not enough to make or break my job.

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I wouldn't think that would do much AT ALL. None of the hotkeys that I use would make or break my job either. I don't really think that is going to prepare them for much.

Depends. I think bankers use hot keys all the time. I personally don’t.

It’s a different flex - my buddies who came from IB all flex about hotkey knowledge. Since AI s/ copilot, the need for excel mastery declined slightly. However, there are still areas of finance that are deep in excel & it does help.

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