Python has the ability to read and write Excel spreadsheets... so read in data, process with R or Python, write results out in desired Excel spreadsheet format. Would that work?
Ask HN: Eight Months in and this job is unbearable
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Re: Ask HN: Eight Months in and this job is unbearable
#22Seems obvious to me.
Why not to you?
Re: Ask HN: Eight Months in and this job is unbearable
#23Option 3. A 8-month tenure looks too short on your resume, even by the mercurial tech tenure standards. Filling it up to 12-month or longer will help A. It looks better on your resume. You don't have to explain yourself every time someone asks why you left so early. Explaining yourself like this for years to come whenever you interview is a drag on its own. B. A few more months will give you time to interview at your…
Having it look bad is solved by removing it from the resume. Nobody will question a gap that long in 2021.
Re: Ask HN: Eight Months in and this job is unbearable
#24Sounds like you have a lot of leverage to tell them “this isn’t what I signed up for. I’m going to start looking for new jobs now, I’ll keep getting paid etc but I’ll be doing the minimum here until I leave.”
Heads you win, tails you don’t lose.
If they change it, you win. If they don’t change it, you win because you quit. And you get less pressure while you look.
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#261/4: learn to stop worrying and love excel
Re: Ask HN: Eight Months in and this job is unbearable
#27Been there. Quit now!
Re: Ask HN: Eight Months in and this job is unbearable
#28Option 3. A 8-month tenure looks too short on your resume, even by the mercurial tech tenure standards. Filling it up to 12-month or longer will help A. It looks better on your resume. You don't have to explain yourself every time someone asks why you left so early. Explaining yourself like this for years to come whenever you interview is a drag on its own. B. A few more months will give you time to interview at your…
Having it look bad is solved by removing it from the resume. Nobody will question a gap that long in 2021.
I quit in April of 2021 and 8 out of 10 employers want to know what I've been doing since then. I think it's just one of those automatic questions since any reasonable response seems to satisfy them.
Re: Ask HN: Eight Months in and this job is unbearable
#291/4: learn to stop worrying and love excel
The micromanagement is the bigger problem.
Re: Ask HN: Eight Months in and this job is unbearable
#30Another possible option is to look for other opportunities in the same company. It is usually much easier to switch department/office/sites that to switch companies.
Of course, I am making the big assumption that he problems are you are describing is not company wide and is localised to your manager/team/department.