Personally I'm a fan of MAKRO, I think his commentary on the meta is very insightful. https://youtu.be/xubbVvKbUfY
Judging from the other replies, this is a real thing. But I was convinced it was a parody comedy video after watching it myself.
Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship
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#52> He says he is “not bad” at maths – by which he means he came top in the state of New South Wales in his year 12 maths exams As an Australian that has worked with American companies for a while, this is a behaviour I’ve had to overcome. If you tell an Australian you’re “not bad” at something then they’ll take that to mean that you’re actually quite good, whereas many Americans will understand it to mean that you’re…
I'm sure you're aware, but thought I'd drop this for our American friends. Australia and New Zealand (where I'm from) share Tall poppy syndrome[1] and going by that Wikipedia page, there are various over countries that have a similar concept.
Being overly self-congratulatory comes across as this sort of grotesque and unattractive quality. It is even true in the corporate environments I've worked at where you would normally otherwise expect it. Kiwis don't like it and I've seen many foreigners, especially the few Americans that have come over into management roles completely flounder and have almost everyone hate them because of it.
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#53Eve Online (aka spreadsheets in space) players past and present might enjoy the reference that was made in the article. Was it an in-joke?
"For example, Ngai had to calculate the market value of a fleet of spaceships using real data from the video game Eve Online – with the action televised live on ESPN."
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#54Personally I'm a fan of MAKRO, I think his commentary on the meta is very insightful. https://youtu.be/xubbVvKbUfY
Judging from the other replies, this is a real thing. But I was convinced it was a parody comedy video after watching it myself.
No, it's a comedy video, but life imitates art.
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#55> He says he is “not bad” at maths – by which he means he came top in the state of New South Wales in his year 12 maths exams As an Australian that has worked with American companies for a while, this is a behaviour I’ve had to overcome. If you tell an Australian you’re “not bad” at something then they’ll take that to mean that you’re actually quite good, whereas many Americans will understand it to mean that you’re…
I'm sure you're aware, but thought I'd drop this for our American friends. Australia and New Zealand (where I'm from) share Tall poppy syndrome[1] and going by that Wikipedia page, there are various over countries that have a similar concept. Being overly self-congratulatory comes across as this sort of grotesque and unattractive quality. It is even true in the corporate environments I've worked at where you would no…
Interesting!
In Canada being modest is quite important… unless it’s a job interview (whether explicit or implicit), in which case it’s the “one time you should really brag about what you’re good at.”
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#56> He says he is “not bad” at maths – by which he means he came top in the state of New South Wales in his year 12 maths exams As an Australian that has worked with American companies for a while, this is a behaviour I’ve had to overcome. If you tell an Australian you’re “not bad” at something then they’ll take that to mean that you’re actually quite good, whereas many Americans will understand it to mean that you’re…
Does it always mean that in Australia, or does it depend on how you say it? I think both usages are actually pretty common in the US, but you tell the difference based on the inflection. If you emphasize "too" and go down in pitch on "bad" then it means you're actually not that good at something, if you emphasize "bad" and go up in pitch then it means you're actually good at it. We also have alternative constructions, like "not too shabby," which carry the positive connotation regardless of how they're pronounced.
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#57Do they publish the questions/data anywhere? Would love to have an informal competition among similarly minded friends.
Of course, I would try to do it in Pandas and get crushed.
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#58> He says he is “not bad” at maths – by which he means he came top in the state of New South Wales in his year 12 maths exams As an Australian that has worked with American companies for a while, this is a behaviour I’ve had to overcome. If you tell an Australian you’re “not bad” at something then they’ll take that to mean that you’re actually quite good, whereas many Americans will understand it to mean that you’re…
Does it always mean that in Australia, or does it depend on how you say it? I think both usages are actually pretty common in the US, but you tell the difference based on the inflection. If you emphasize "too" and go down in pitch on "bad" then it means you're actually not that good at something, if you emphasize "bad" and go up in pitch then it means you're actually good at it. We also have alternative constructions…
That’s my practical understanding of the term as well.
Me: English, living in Australia for >20 years
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#59This is the 3 hour video of the final apparently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDGdPE_C9u8
The bit where Andrew Ngai's scores dont correctly update seems to be at about 24:00
Hope someone can make a highlights reel or something?
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#60Do they publish the questions/data anywhere? Would love to have an informal competition among similarly minded friends. Of course, I would try to do it in Pandas and get crushed.
I just heard of this Excel competition, but Modeloff world championship has been going for somewhat longer. It tests Excel skills plus financial modeling skills. They have all the old questions available for study:
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/financial-mo...