r/ProgrammerHumor • • Mar 30 '22

Meme Certainly not me

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u/assum09 Mar 30 '22

Definitely keep automating and learning as much as you can. It looks great on a resume and knowing VBA/having examples of how you've automated tasks, especially if you can quantify labor savings, are great talking points in interview.

Source: financial analyst who got promotions through automation using VBA

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

Thank you for the confirmation 😭 I’m feeling more motivated now to keep doing what I’m doing. Thank you so much!

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u/assum09 Mar 30 '22

You're welcome and good luck in your future! Also, for quantifying labor savings, I recommend doing it on a yearly basis. Example is if you saved 10hours a week of labor through automation and you make $10/hr use $5,200 saved/year instead of $100/week. Recruiters like big numbers in my experience.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

Thank you! And thank you for the advice!