[DoingSomeThings]

> Middling Excel skills still make you a wizard able to do things nobody else can, in most offices (though not most tech offices)

Do those skills translate directly to a job/pay, or are they simply nice-to-have competencies inside other jobs? I've always worked as an ops/analyst/spreadsheet guy but I've found over the years that those formula manipulation skills never actually translate to "advancement". They enable me and my company to do things easier than they would have otherwise, but appear as nice-to-have rather than valued in it's own right.

Put another way - Is there actually a career where the primary hard skill is "I'm good at excel"?