People say that learning to code is a very useful skill. What does it mean exactly?
I can do data analysis and visualization in python and R. Does that mean I can code? Or does coding mean full stack developers?
Is coding a general umbrella term for all types of programming (including excel)?
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It sounds like you know how to code.
that doesnt make you a programmer, but most people dont need to. If you can hack together a python script to automate some tedious task, that is about as much coding as most people need. (Maybe the ability to figure out what a website is doing with inspect too). But I have met many people who dont know how to code and think spending a day manually coppying data between spreadsheets is a good use of their time (maybe a 30 minute script, tops), hence why learning to code is useful.
generally coding is considered text file based (R, Python, etc), and excel formulas are excluded.
once you know a bit of coding, it is easier to learn more if you want to make a full program.
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