Meet the Excel warriors saving the world from spreadsheet disaster
▻https://www.wired.co.uk/article/spreadsheet-excel-errors
Spreadsheets run the world. When they break, governments and companies turn to an elite group of experts to save the day David Lyford-Smith is an expert at solving spreadsheet mysteries. Once, in a previous job, he was sent a payroll form to look over for a new starter. It had the number 40,335 in a random box, and payroll wasn’t clear why it was there. “So they assumed it was a joining bonus for the employee and drew up a draft pay slip with a £40,335 bonus,” he says. But, when it comes to (...)
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