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Anyone in here is familiar with learning VBA and macros for excel? Is it difficult to learn on your own? I'm planning to learn it to help boost my career.
There are YouTube videos and stuff to assist along the way. I think one way that VBA is easier to learn is that you can start recording a Macro and the system will automatically write your steps in VBA, and so then you can go back and deconstruct the code.

It can be a little finnicky personally, and while it is great for automating things like PowerPoint presentations, it does sometimes struggle interacting with other programs outside of Excel. I put in a few months building out a main client report and there have been a handful of times where the only 'trick' to get my code to run properly was to restart my computer.

Most of my learning was personally adapting existing code created by coworkers, but I did have the luxury of going to my boss to pick her brain if anything broke.
 

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lol I bet this girl is better than all the idiot bootcampers flooding the market



Note: My post is sarcastic. I know there are some bootcampers in here who'll get offended by my post. Chill. It's a joke.

Not sure what is staged and what was real, but the kids are cute AF
 

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I've heard of that book. They drop new editions?
Yes. But older editions hold up as well. The important part of learning a language isnt the syntax, that can be looked up. Its knowing what it can do and when you should use it.

IE you wouldnt use C to write a web service efficiently or use javascript to write an OS driver
You need to know why
And the conveniences of the language
 

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There are YouTube videos and stuff to assist along the way. I think one way that VBA is easier to learn is that you can start recording a Macro and the system will automatically write your steps in VBA, and so then you can go back and deconstruct the code.

It can be a little finnicky personally, and while it is great for automating things like PowerPoint presentations, it does sometimes struggle interacting with other programs outside of Excel. I put in a few months building out a main client report and there have been a handful of times where the only 'trick' to get my code to run properly was to restart my computer.

Most of my learning was personally adapting existing code created by coworkers, but I did have the luxury of going to my boss to pick her brain if anything broke.
I brought a book and been reading it for the last few days and it's not as scary as I thought. Did some small stuff on my computer and it's just straight forward. One of my coworker say that he would help me with doing some of his stuff just to get more comfortable with it. For my field (Banking/Investment), they put a premium on people who are experience with it and I been lacking on learning it and it's hurting my career. Trying to find a better job and hit that six figure club soon.
 
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Man...
Trying to get into the tech thing (web development for experience in the industry, then hopefully game design), but I have NO clue where to start in terms of a project...

Like, something simple to bolster a resume...
While a step by step project would be a godsend, even a simple point in the right direction would be the a damn miracle... And I'd throw some rep your way. Lol
Help, brehs and brehettes...:sadcam:
 

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Man...
Trying to get into the tech thing (web development for experience in the industry, then hopefully game design), but I have NO clue where to start in terms of a project...

Like, something simple to bolster a resume...
While a step by step project would be a godsend, even a simple point in the right direction would be the a damn miracle... And I'd throw some rep your way. Lol
Help, brehs and brehettes...:sadcam:


Make something that you can actually see yourself using. if you like working out, make a workout app, etc.
 
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