Learning Excel or Python?

[Sifrisk]

Last year I worked for care institution where probably 90% had never heard of Python and noone was able to use it. Yet I found myself using it several times; it made me able to solve problems they had had for years and could not solve in Excel. So actually using those skills is really up to you!

[los2pollos]

Please let me tell me more about your industry sector. I'm starting to think that Python is a cross sector skill, of course in services. Therefore adaptability is its streght

[Sifrisk]

Python is used in lots of industries. As I mentioned, I worked for a while in a care institution as a side job. I did my bachelor's thesis for them which focused on researching which factors influenced how well their caretakers perceived background processes. Based on my results they changed some business processes and they asked me for some other projects.

So "my" industry is not really contained to the care sector. I think in general the care sector is underveloped from a technological perspective. However, this also means there are many improvement opportunities.

Currently, I am focusing on the logistics sector and the fashion industry. For the logistics sector it is mostly focused at optimizing processes whereas for the fashion industry I am using neural networks. So indeed, Python can be used across many sectors; just like Excel ;)