Comments on: MVP-ness Envy

By: Kit

Kit — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:06:00 +0000

Good comment and observation for many topics. There will always be new learners!!
Yes and congratulations. You are a well deserved MVP.

By: ExcelMonkey

ExcelMonkey — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:43:00 +0000

The reality Dick is that there will always be new Excel users as the users of Excel in the workplace tend to be generally governed by seniority. Junior employees (Analyst to Manager) usually take on data mining or data aggregation roles. They employ the use of Excel/Access/SQL to do this. They in turn hand over the information to their bosses (senior manager to Directors) who make recommendations based on this information. Then their bosses bosses(VP - Presidents) make the decisions. As such, as people rise in the ranks of a firm, they use Excel less and less. However their positions are always filled with new fresh talent. This new talent will always need Excel training and eventually migrate to the newsgroups. And the more senior employees use Excel less or become hyper efficient at it and start answering questions in newsgroups!

Thanks again for the great blog.

ExcelMonkey

By: Vincent Tan

Vincent Tan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:06:00 +0000

Congrats Dick, well deserved.

By: Nick Hodge

Nick Hodge — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:49:00 +0000

I think this year was just a tick-sheet year, ’cause I just made it 10 years too…or is it 11?

By: J. E. McGimpsey

J. E. McGimpsey — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:40:00 +0000

I’ll add my congrats, and concur with you and Jon that someone must have approved the wrong list, ’cause I got awarded again as well.

By: Bob Phillips

Bob Phillips — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:38:00 +0000

@Brett, Start here http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini/archive/2009/08/24/overview-of-gemini-features.aspx

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:29:00 +0000

Dick -

Congrats. I guess a lot of balls were dropped, because I'm in again, and so are several others who have posted.

By: Brett Hamilton

Brett Hamilton — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:42:00 +0000

Now I need to Google Gemini. Using ADO to move data from SQL to Xl and automate report production is one of the lures that took me outside of Excel and Access.

Brett

By: Bob Phillips

Bob Phillips — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:28:00 +0000

I've just re-read that post, and blimey, Nick was right. He said SQL Server should be the next Excel add-in, and it is, they just renamed it Gemini!

@Dick, I put your re-award down as proof of the damage climate change will reap on the planet.

By: Kanti Chiba

Kanti Chiba — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:01:00 +0000

Dear Dick and all other MVP and people who are so willing to give their time and share their expertise with us.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all. Although I have never posted a problem or question, I have alway found a solution to my questions when I Googled my problem.

I am sure that you all realise that we are part-timers and that Excel is a tool to perform do our jobs and we do have the time or in some cases the inclination to extend our knowledge in Excel. More often than not we want the solution to the problem as soon as it arises and thus have not time to do research for the solution.

Anyway, the purpose of this post is to say thank you to you all.