detangler
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Hi, please bear with the long introduction but it's necessary for a proper response to my question:
I've had a B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems, with a concentration on Systems Analysis and Design. I've been working for about 6 years now but mostly as a business analyst which translates to basically managing project communications between end-users and programmers. I have not needed to do any programming till I found myself at my current position with a much much smaller company (~120+ employees) where they are trying to automate several tedious manual processes done mostly in Excel. And let it be known that 90% of the Excel knowledge that I now use for work, I did not learn in school.
So now I’m trying to learn VBA on my own and was looking specifically for an Excel VBA certification. I didn’t have much luck searching and didn’t want to go with just some unknown websites because I’m trying to get work to pay for it. Any recommendations? I saw a post recommending a good training site: http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/viewtopic.php?t=103832&highlight=certification
What do you think of their certification exam? Is this a respected site in the VBA community? In your opinion, would the certification help define my proficiency in VBA programming since I have not had any real-world programming experience but would like to develop my career path in this direction: a data geek using mostly Excel and Access.
I am also going to get work to pay for the Mr. Excel Power User Bundle. Please tell me if I’m heading in the right direction. I do have other specific questions to ask later. Thanks!!
I've had a B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems, with a concentration on Systems Analysis and Design. I've been working for about 6 years now but mostly as a business analyst which translates to basically managing project communications between end-users and programmers. I have not needed to do any programming till I found myself at my current position with a much much smaller company (~120+ employees) where they are trying to automate several tedious manual processes done mostly in Excel. And let it be known that 90% of the Excel knowledge that I now use for work, I did not learn in school.
So now I’m trying to learn VBA on my own and was looking specifically for an Excel VBA certification. I didn’t have much luck searching and didn’t want to go with just some unknown websites because I’m trying to get work to pay for it. Any recommendations? I saw a post recommending a good training site: http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/viewtopic.php?t=103832&highlight=certification
What do you think of their certification exam? Is this a respected site in the VBA community? In your opinion, would the certification help define my proficiency in VBA programming since I have not had any real-world programming experience but would like to develop my career path in this direction: a data geek using mostly Excel and Access.
I am also going to get work to pay for the Mr. Excel Power User Bundle. Please tell me if I’m heading in the right direction. I do have other specific questions to ask later. Thanks!!
