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Spreadsheets also brought in the "no-code" generation. Letting financial analysts do in-depth analysis without writing code or even understanding code at all. And it shows, logic errors abound in complicated spreadsheets and they often ignore corner cases.

Even "no-coders" should have a working knowledge of basic programming logic so when things don't work as they should, you know where to start looking.



So do you have to learn to code to gain these mental capabilities, or is there some more direct route?


Like there are no logic errors in code...


There are plenty of them, but obfuscating the logic behind multiple layers isn't going to make them easier to find.




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