RE: Checking out Google One

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I have my free 6tb with my Office Subscription, which I need for work. MS Family plan is exceptional value, too.

I'll probably (inevitably) upgrade my google storage when my inbox finally gets over that tipping point where I need more storage, but also need to retain my existing archive of emails and various attachments.

I don't see that time coming for many more years.



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If you have a Microsoft subscription byou are likely set. I have access to an account but I never really use it. I have migrated fully to Google Docs. It does 99% of the stuff I need.

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I have too many years of Excel behind me to learn how to do everything I know how to do in it in Google Sheets. :D

Sunk cost fallacy, for sure.

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You'd actually be surprised how similar they are. I don't blame you though. My business director will always need Excel, so we will likely always pay for it.

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I dont like the way Google Sheets handles Pivot Tables. That's my biggest bug bear, as I can never get it to accept tables that are refreshed with new rows to be part of the pivot table for a static report, or some such.

In my day job, I use a lot of PowerBI, PowerQuery and SQL, so that's another rabbit hole all together.

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Yeah, it sounds like you have some pretty specialized needs. I wouldn't be shocked if there is an add on for sheets that allows you to do what you want, but honestly what's the point of fiddling with it if Excel does the job.

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I've been slowly implementing Python (and Pandas) into my data work, so perhaps one day, I won't even need a GUI :D

There's a certain joy to making a report or piece of analysis, delivering it, then never needing to do anything to maintain it ever again, unless business requirements change.

Unfortunately, they often do.

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That sounds way over my head! I haven't coded since college close to 25 years ago and I think the last language I used was either COBOL or Assembly.

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I've only been at it for about 9 months or so, It is surprisingly easy to pick up, but there's a pretty steep learning curve once you get beyond the basics.

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