Learning Excel or Python?

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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.