‘You didn’t just succeed, you Exceled’: Sydney man dubbed the ‘Annihilator’ wins spreadsheet world championship
Andrew Ngai, who works as an actuary, fends off competitors from around the globe to reclaim the event, televised live on ESPN
I always find stuff like this kind of adorable. Look how happy he is! This is a hobby he's clearly passionate about and is proud of
Hold up...
Spreadsheet world championship?
You wanna get rich? Learn to fix other people’s spreadsheets.
Seriously.
Setting up a couple of spreadsheets at my job has basically been the entire grounds for me receiving bonuses last year, and it looks to be the same this year too. I don't even know that much, I just Google "excel xlookup" or whatever half the time, but people think it's black magic.
My main one last year turned a 30 minute daily task into something it do once a week in about 10 minutes on a busy week, and just print off the daily sheet each night to post. This year, I just added drop-down menus and some conditional checks to someone else's sheet.
I'm just amazed nobody else did this before, because I was sick of doing the old way everyday after my first week.
I recommend the video from people make games on this topic
you Exceled
Nuf said
That's actually surprisingly compelling viewing 😂
I think people make games for a video on how these things work. Some of the files used in previous tournaments are available to play around with.
2023 World Finals link ftl: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UDGdPE_C9u8
I was rooting for Makro
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