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Jan 2024
48m 9s

#446: Python in Excel

MICHAEL KENNEDY
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Why is Python so popular? There is plenty of room for debate on this but one solid reason is it's easy to adopt, easy to use, and caters to people who are not quite developers/data scientists but need to do some computing. Do you know where there largest untapped set of that group hang out? Excel. That's why it's super exciting that Python is now going to be ... Show More
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