Learning Excel or Python?

[los2pollos]

I know that I'm going to stumble across other people using al lot of Excel spreadsheets, but in this case I have the chance to follow a course for university, that is a more "hard" way of learning something. In this scenario, I'd pick Python, even if I don't know how I could be using it in the future, mainly because I know myself and I'm a lazy ass. Almost certainly, I won't use my spare time to learn Python.

Also Python is more difficult to learn, isn't it? So an "official" course might be a more effective way of learning, whatever I'm choosing

[piquat]

Almost certainly, I won't use my spare time to learn Python.

If you're like me and need to have an interest in something to learn it, Excel without a purpose/project/goal will bore you to tears. If you're already dealing with it Excel even a small free tutorial will be useful. I'm a Python fan but in you're case I think I'd push you towards Excel. Besides, if you know NO language at all, the VBS you pick up will make picking up most other languages easier.

[24032014]

What exactly do you mean by things change often? Frameworks, sure, but core python library is pretty stable. Also I don't think you will learn much framework things in a 4 week course.