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		danjl 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I’m worried that they put co-pilot in Excel Excel is programming. Spreadsheets have been full of bugs for decades. How is Brenda any different from a developer? Why are people scared when the LLM might affect their dollar calculations, and less bothered when it affects their product?

simonw 4 days ago [–]

+100 this. Programmers who work in Excel (and never even dream of calling themselves programmers) are still programmers.

bdangubic 4 days ago | [–]

I know couple of them that get paid C-level money too :)

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