In this episode, Yebu Ji speaks with Al Chen, the Solution Architect at Coda. Al shares his journey from Stern to landing his first job as a financial analyst at Google. He talks about how he started learning and mastering Excel in that role, eventually becoming an Excel consultant. Al also delves into the relationship between office products and productivity. Tune in to gain insights into Al's career trajectory and valuable tips for optimizing your work using office tools.

Al has been an Excel power user for 10+ years. He started learning Excel when I was a financial analyst at Google. 50,000+ students have taken his online Excel classes and he has facilitated in-person workshops to over 5,000 MBA students around the U.S. He founded KeyCuts, an Excel training and consulting company to Fortune 500 companies. If it isn't clear that he's addicted to Excel, perhaps his podcast about Excel and data analysis (Dear Analyst) will convince you. Outside of Excel and spreadsheets, he works full-time at Coda, an all-in-one platform for teams.

For a full transcript of this episode, please email ⁠career.communications@nyu.edu⁠.