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    Step 1: load xls

    Step 2: Save as csv

    Step 3: ???

    step 4: profit

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      Then you only get the raw data, not macros or integrations, some of which might be more important to the company than data from a specific point in time.

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        So then It’s a matter of basic data sanitation and code modernization. They’re in a better position than places that are still rocking COBOL code, because every database nerd knows excel wheras only 95% of database nerds know COBOL.