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It depends on what you’re studying. Some majors like accounting might require you to use Excel, for example. On the other hand, when I was getting my BS+MS in computer engineering, running Linux was actually advantageous
I'm going into a Medical Lab Tech program. I know 1 lab tech but he went to school in the 80's. So I'm not sure what software they use now.
I don't know specifically about a medical lab tech program. But I do know about clinical software in general. It is by and large proprietary Widows software. Seems like something you may encounter. But said software could be delivered via Citrix, which does have a Linux client.
Accountants use Excel!?
Not everywhere! Our accounting department uses a self written toolset based on APL
If you can't run your business out of Excel, you aren't using Excel correctly.
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I mean I'm sure it's possible but surely there are better solutions...?
Not for the price of €12/user/month
Salesforce, ServiceNow, and SAP can never match those prices.
I wasn't referring to those, I was referring to dedicated accounting software.
€12/user is trivial for any business, much less an accounting business that I'm sure it's lucrative.
Yes, the price is the point. Excel (Office) is that dirt fucking cheap, industry standard, and comes with a bunch of other shit included that can be legitimate value add for a small business.
If you're at a firm that has legitimate need for specialized accounting software, you'll have enough money to get those. But even those generally export to Excel format. Without outing myself too much, I've had comsiderable exposure to financial tech over the last decade and less than 10 specialized accounting softwares I've seen couldn't export to Excel. All of those still exported to csv, or "software agnostic excel" if we want to bend things a bit.
The power of being industry standard for going on 30 years now cannot be overstated.