1. Let me share my #MSExcel story to encourage learning. Despite being an accounting student, the 1st time I saw MS Excel was during the 6 months #EndASSUstrike of 2003 or so, I was in 300L. I enrolled for a Desktop publishing training at a business centre.
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2. Desktop Publishing was very popular then, following the Y2K computer compliance. Someone came to the business centre to do some printing jobs. The operator opened MS Excel to calculate his cost and I wondered what the grid lines were all about. I wanted to know more.
3. He couldn't really teach or tell me more about it as his focus was on Corel Draw but I was amazed at how some grid lines would add up figures. Seeing A,B,C....on one side and 1,2,3 on another side with lines joining them, for me was a miracle. I was very fast with typing
4. So, the operator would pass some MS word jobs to me to type. I became friends with some ANTP members because I would type their entire script in 2 days. It was fun but for me, it gave me unlimited access to a computer & launched my sojourn to being Excel-lent . @WaleMicaiah
5. Internet access was expensive then and I couldn't learn at home because I had no computer. The business centre was my only learning point, so, every opportunity I had was a blessing. I would close late and resume early. It got to a point the shop owner gave me his keys.
6. With my wpm, I was an asset to him but he didn't know I was using his computer to learn MS Excel. School resumed early 2004, I left with my little knowledge, thinking I already knew it all. Guess what, I was raising shoulder on SUM and IF functions. @WaleMicaiah
7. Sometimes later, I came in touch with CONCATENATE. That was when I realised I knew nothing. I increased my learning and got my first Excel contract of N150k in 2004. I was in 400L and my monthly allowee was just N5k.
8. The contract was to automate a school's result computation using excel. In 2008, I joined SystemSpecs as an ERP consultant all because I was good with #Data. Left for Banking in 2010 as MIS Officer & back to SystemSpecs again in 2012. Left finally in March 2014.
To start Business Intelligence & Data Services. Today, I eat Data, I teach Data, I speak Data and I love Data. You can be whoever you choose to be but if you choose to learn MS Excel/ Data Analysis in 2019, please follow @WaleMicaiah @StatiSense @dbrownAnalyst End.
#MSExcelStory I read a post sometimes back on #MSExcel that later changed my belief and helped my learning. If you permit me, will share same with you today. It's titled "10 Myths About Microsoft Excel." @WaleMicaiah
1. Myth #1: It’s too hard to learn In life, everything takes time to learn but how long depends really on your interest & how well you practised. No pain, No gain. Nothing in life comes easy. If you say #MSExcel is hard to learn, no be somebody they fly earoplane? @WaleMicaiah
Myth # 2 Excel is Only for Accountants. Never be discouraged, #MSExcel is for everyone as long as Data is involved. If there is Data, there is use for #MSExcel. Legal, Health Care, Marketing, Banking, Insurance, Engineering, IT, Logistics, Science etc. @WaleMicaiah
Myth # 3 Excel is a glorified calculator. You know yourself, you only use Excel when you want to calculate, addup or sum transactional data. #MSExcel does far more beyond this. Don't be shocked when you get to know please, I have just told you. @WaleMicaiah
Myth # 4 “Excel is only for work” How many of you have played Chess, Draft, Sudoku, Snake and Ladder, Scrabble etc? Many of these games were build on the concept of rows and columns/Spreadsheet. I have also seen games built on #MSExcel. @WaleMicaiah
Myth # 5 “I can get by without it” "In this day and age, proficiency in Microsoft Excel is a minimum requirement in many administrative functions." A Tuesday or Thursday Guardian Newspaper will tell you more. "Knowledge of Microsoft Excel is an added advantage" @WaleMicaiah
Myth #6 “Excel is outdated and will die” #MSExcel has existed for more than 25 years, with diff versions. 95,97,2000, XP, 2003, '07, '10, '13, '16 ..'19 + Office 365. There is no application today that does not interface with Excel, either to Import or Export. @WaleMicaiah
Myth #7 “Excel can’t solve my work problem” What is your work problem? I have seen and have done many wonderful things with #MSExcel. Share your administrative challenges and we get it fixed together. @WaleMicaiah
Myth # 8 “I know enough” You can never know enough of anything. I thought I knew Excel in 2004 until I met INDEX, MATCH, OFFSET, EOMONTH etc few years later. There are many ways of arriving at same answer and you will be surprised seeing how the functions work. @WaleMicaiah
Myth # 9 “I have to be a Math whiz” The greatest of all Myths, is the fear that I have to be good with maths, calculations or I have to be a nerd. Nah.....far from it. All you need to learn is your interest. Becoming an Excel-lent MVP is just few steps away. @WaleMicaiah
Myth # 10 “It’s a standalone tool” Microsoft Excel is one of the few tools available that has the ability to easily interface with so many other databases and ERP (Enterprise Resource) systems. Many would not even buy your ERP if it doesn't speak with #MSExcel. @WaleMicaiah
You can find the full text here excellentones.com/2017/11/27/10-… Yours Excel-lently. @Excelgist @WaleMicaiah
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