RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago‘You didn’t just succeed, you Exceled’: Sydney man dubbed the ‘Annihilator’ wins spreadsheet world championshipwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down15cross-posted to: andfinallyhackernews@derp.foooffbeat@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-211 months agoFound out accounting was manually going through a monster list of line items and deleting zeroed rows. Manger’s meeting: “Uh, guys, I can write a PowerShell script to do that in seconds. Can someone tell me exactly what you’re looking for and deleting?” CFO blew me off, didn’t understand what I was offering. Went to her second-in-command and explained. 24-hours later… “Holy shit! You saved my girls 2-hours of work a day!!!” The department got me a nice present. :) But better yet, the goodwill I earned was great for everyone. Something to be said for helping one another.
Found out accounting was manually going through a monster list of line items and deleting zeroed rows.
Manger’s meeting: “Uh, guys, I can write a PowerShell script to do that in seconds. Can someone tell me exactly what you’re looking for and deleting?”
CFO blew me off, didn’t understand what I was offering. Went to her second-in-command and explained. 24-hours later…
“Holy shit! You saved my girls 2-hours of work a day!!!”
The department got me a nice present. :) But better yet, the goodwill I earned was great for everyone. Something to be said for helping one another.