I love Excel 
If you're dealing with large datasets though, learn basic MS Access. Trying to open up a 5MB excel file with all sorts of formulas and macros
Got my first gig out of college simply cuz I knew Access and Excel.

If you're dealing with large datasets though, learn basic MS Access. Trying to open up a 5MB excel file with all sorts of formulas and macros

Got my first gig out of college simply cuz I knew Access and Excel.