What's the nerdiest part of your job that you enjoy doing?

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Love building out Excel models

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Also, the short cuts are super easy. There are many Ctrl + “key” short cuts which are easily googlable, and everything else can be accessed by just clicking “alt” and seeing the path on the screen.

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Switching off my laptop

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That's not nerdy!!!

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Saying “Alright well looks like I’ll give everyone back *does the quick math that only an engineering degree could have taught me* 17 minutes”

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Aligning arrows to center of a box

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So satisfying

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I just learned how to use the alignment tool in PowerPoint, now I’m obsessed with it

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No no no... Add to you Alt+1 shortcut. So much faster.

I absolutely love building PowerPoint slides - they’re part art, part logic. So proud of my lil creations!

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Big respect, I suck at it and don't like it.

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Sending PlsFix emails

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Typical 😑 At least you're being honest!

2nd place on the list is 'delivering exceptional value to clients' right?

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Adding buttons to excel if there’s a use case for it 🥲

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I love coding

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Research

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Same

Work papers 🤦‍♂️

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I hate them too 🤣

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SQL all day baby

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Cost estimates. Love love love them.

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When my sql query executes with no errors on the first attempt, my heart actually leaps inside my chest.

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This 100%

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Drawing diagrams. It’s nice to hear someone go “Oh, is THAT how it works” over a bunch of colored boxes and arrows.

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Not really part of my job but I love doing my taxes. I wish I could do them more often in all honesty.

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Me too! Uploading a pic of your w2 is so much fun!

I love research. And excel pivot tables.

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Pivot tables are dope

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Making slide decks. I sucked at first transitioning from ppt, but now I’ve become a ninja.

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Talking about DataOps infrastructure modernization - 17 year old me would kick my ass

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Process flow charts are my jam. The more swim lanes, the more exciting!

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Would love a convo and/or guidance.

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