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spf3million posted:Spreadsheet chat: anyone else using Power BI? My group just got a demonstration and it looks pretty great. My entire job is now to learn it and implement it.
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Jul 12, 2017 05:28
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Well when you say it that way it sounds less fun.
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Jul 12, 2017 05:42
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spf3million posted:Spreadsheet chat: anyone else using Power BI? My group just got a demonstration and it looks pretty great. Yes, been using it quite a bit in an Azure/O365 implementation project I'm working atm. It's pretty nice to generate dashboards and pretty reports that I don't have to maintain. Just plop it on your dataset and you're good to go.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:34
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Dongsturm posted:Telecommunications companies are mostly recession proof. When people lose their job, the last thing they cut from their budget is their phone. That's the actual telco, anyway. If you make telecommunications equipment not so much; a bunch of companies went bust in 2000 because a lot of plans to build out cable/fibre/etc to support the dot com boom got abruptly cancelled.
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Jul 13, 2017 12:04
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hi telco employee here Don't worry we're recession proof because we're always going to find new and exciting ways to gently caress over our customers.
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Jul 13, 2017 13:32
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I need a new job but the benefits are just too good 
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Jul 13, 2017 13:45
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Renegret posted:hi telco employee here Or just keep doing the way easiest option, write the laws to maintain oligarchy.
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Jul 13, 2017 13:53
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Let it be known that I loving hate my job and will be leaving it for the first halfway-decent offer I get to go work elsewhere. Just felt like putting that out there, so that if I get hit by a car or struck by lightning or something today the truth will be out there for others to find.
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Jul 13, 2017 13:53
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Well if you like bureaucracy and being recession proof, might I suggest working for the state? Or even better work for a private company who works for the state. All the government holidays with better pay.
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Jul 13, 2017 13:55
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If you like everyone being demonstrably behind in every area of business as compared to private industry, might I suggest a regulated utility?
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Jul 13, 2017 13:59
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Also the guy upstairs just said "gently caress" seven or eight times in about a 30-second span. But I also hear laughing so I think he might just be telling a story? Either way, 
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Jul 13, 2017 14:12
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Maybe go see if they're hiring.
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Jul 13, 2017 14:13
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I was just chewed out for not using a particular document as a template, that was the document I used as my template...
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Jul 13, 2017 14:24
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Shrieking Muppet posted:I was just chewed out for not using a particular document as a template, that was the document I used as my template... That's the best. 'You need to use the template for this!' Well, that is using the template. 'No, I'm sure it's not!' *checks* 'Who changed this template, this isn't what we were using!?' Well, uh, remember how last month you were going over this and you said that it was all wrong and we had to update the template? And so we did that? The answer is you. You did it all. I don't know why people think I care about this stuff enough to go off and maverick up my own methods of doing it.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:03
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I got one supervisor who's overly anal abut using templates, except whenever you use a template he's unhappy with the final product and makes you change it. If I think ahead and make those changes before submitting it, he tells me to use the template. After I change it to match the template, he'll then make me make changes again that are subtly different but effectively the same to my original changes. I say this time and time again. As I get older, Office Space is becoming more like a documentary than a comedy.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:10
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No Butt Stuff posted:Maybe go see if they're hiring. We actually had an executive assistant that we let go and then a couple weeks later she started working up there  Also they're outside of my field of study/vaguely defined career path so I would be an actual secretary up there instead of a secretary with a non-secretary title like I am right now. I think they might be in legal trouble too? At the very least, the FBI came to visit them a few weeks ago while I was out. In more mundane news, a customer asked us to manufacture a formula that they dictated to us, then came back and asked us why one of the raw materials that they asked us to use was listed incorrectly in the composition. Not realizing that the vendor of said raw material merged two product lines and is now selling a different material under that name. Do your own drat homework before asking us to bend over backwards for you, sheesh.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:24
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Renegret posted:I say this time and time again. As I get older, Office Space is becoming more like a documentary than a comedy. Suddenly I am seeing the same effect...
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Jul 13, 2017 15:38
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Here's something from my wife, who works for a major bank. Apologies for formatting, I'm copying from IMs.quote:I'm on a call where they are talking about High Performance Workspace. That sounds like a special kind of hell.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:56
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Ornamented Death posted:Here's something from my wife, who works for a major bank. Apologies for formatting, I'm copying from IMs. Going to guess that is going to violate some fire codes. That seems like such a nightmare to evacuate that many people in time. Not to mention the demoralizing effect that room would have on people.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:07
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Renegret posted:I need a new job but the pay and benefits are just too good
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Jul 13, 2017 17:10
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Zil posted:Not to mention the demoralizing effect that room would have on people. Morale is always high! Any demoralizing effect claimed is a lie! Also war is peace and slavery is freedom.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:12
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Ornamented Death posted:Here's something from my wife, who works for a major bank. Apologies for formatting, I'm copying from IMs. We're doing that here, except not stupidly. You get your own laptop, there are no  shared keyboards, and there are ample breakout rooms for phone calls.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:22
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Ornamented Death posted:Here's something from my wife, who works for a major bank. Apologies for formatting, I'm copying from IMs. Do they demand that you keep your personal effects in a cardboard box, next to the door?
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Jul 13, 2017 17:32
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mllaneza posted:We're doing that here, except not stupidly. You get your own laptop, there are no My keyboard is nominally shared in that anyone can use any workstation. In practice I'm the only one that ises this workstation so I'm the only one that uses this keyboard.
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Jul 13, 2017 19:37
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We will provide cubbies for personal effects, please transfer your personal effects to the cubbies at the end of each shift in order to clear your ($/SQ. FT) for another (HUMAN WORKER UNIT WITH PERSONAL EFFECTS)
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Jul 14, 2017 00:24
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We ran into a little issue with a piece of equipment and the technical director has been having a great time talking about it in meetings. First there was a "milky discharge". Then it was a "sheen". The VP's politically-correct term was "discoloration", because sheen implies oil and this is just tiny bubbles. Now the problem has been resolved so the latest term is "cappuccino discharge". I probably shouldn't use that expression when there are customers present.
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Jul 14, 2017 04:14
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lavaca posted:"cappuccino discharge". Probably something you do not want to google.
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Jul 14, 2017 13:19
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crazypeltast52 posted:My keyboard is nominally shared in that anyone can use any workstation. In practice I'm the only one that ises this workstation so I'm the only one that uses this keyboard. That you know of.
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FrozenVent posted:It always amazes me that people with titles that include words like "Analyst" don't know how to use Excel tables or pivot tables. Where can I go to learn about pivot tables and other useful excel things? I'm not at the right align with space key level in excel, but I never went through any kind of learning period with it, so my knowledge is more holes than cheese.
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Jul 14, 2017 16:23
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Combination of YouTube and Stack Exchange, in my experience: the former for step-by-step instructions, the latter for solving obscure problems that'll sometimes take you hours to figure out even with a solution posted. This guy's videos helped me with powerpivot functions: https://www.youtube.com/user/ExcelIsFun
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Discendo Vox posted:Where can I go to learn about pivot tables and other useful excel things? I'm not at the right align with space key level in excel, but I never went through any kind of learning period with it, so my knowledge is more holes than cheese. I think this is best because it allows you to go about it in a more systematic way, compared to the usual "only learn about something that you have a problem with right now". You may not realize SUMIFS using the latter method. Of course, the former method takes a lot more time.
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Jul 14, 2017 16:56
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Trabant posted:This guy's videos helped me with powerpivot functions: https://www.youtube.com/user/ExcelIsFun Seconding ExcelIsFun, the guy doesn't make you want to die like 90% of the other Excel videos out there.
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Jul 15, 2017 01:13
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I could win that bingo every day just listening to my boss on all her calls, and I can't even hear the other participants.
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Jul 15, 2017 01:56
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I got like a quadruple bingo this morning. 
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Jul 15, 2017 01:57
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Dongsturm posted:Telecommunications companies are mostly recession proof. When people lose their job, the last thing they cut from their budget is their phone. No one uses landlines anymore, they're throw ins for cable/internet bundles, which are slowly getting hit as people cut the cord. They're going to get hit really hard by the wireless industry in a few years. If NBS is talking about a certain company in the Kansas City area, he should stay far, far away... spf3million posted:Spreadsheet chat: anyone else using Power BI? My group just got a demonstration and it looks pretty great. It's fine, but just use Tableau.
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Jul 15, 2017 05:04
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Kim Jong Il posted:It's fine, but just use Tableau. Tableau is pretty slick and I love it a bunch, but given Power BI's price point and Microsoft's ubiquity, expect to see more of it in the future. I agree it's a worse product than Tableau but many organizations will be attracted by the ability to pay 15% of the cost for something 80% as good.
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Jul 15, 2017 05:53
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USDA Choice posted:Tableau is pretty slick and I love it a bunch, but given Power BI's price point and Microsoft's ubiquity, expect to see more of it in the future. I agree it's a worse product than Tableau but many organizations will be attracted by the ability to pay 15% of the cost for something 80% as good. This is why we're using it. Its integration with Azure to report on metrics and make dashboards for our sponsor on this project I'm managing makes it the default choice. Higgy fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Jul 15, 2017 |
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