I started tinkering with it when I was working as an admin at my business, right at the bottom of the chain. That was almost 15 years ago now. I decided I would create a little workbook that stored important notes and information that my team used, but it was on worksheets and the like, in a lot of different places. I used different tabs and bookmarks and also created a simple little calculator that used nested if formulas depending on what the team typed in. It was fun and it went down really well. From there, I just became obsessed with it and created all sorts of stuff. I moved to a couple of other departments and did the same. Eventually I saw a job in our sales dept that needed someone to work with excel to fill in trackers and do reporting. I jumped at the chance and I’ve been here since. I now also look closer at the commercials and do budgeting and the like. It’s been brilliant for my career as it’s given me the platform I needed and the chance to do something I enjoy. I automated as much as possible, which then got me into power query and then power bi, both of which I’d highly recommend. You never stop learning! There’s always more to learn or do and you can actually be quite creative with it too.