I said I was good at spreadsheets

0:00 In the interview they asked how comfortable I

0:02 was with spreadsheets.

0:03 I said very comfortable.

0:05 This was a lie of the specific kind where you

0:08 intend to make it true before anyone finds

0:10 out.

0:11 I got the job on a Thursday and started the

0:13 following Monday.

0:14 That weekend I did nothing but work through

0:17 tutorials,

0:18 building a fake budget for an imaginary

0:20 company,

0:21 learning things I'd claimed to already know.

0:24 On my second day my manager asked for a

0:26 summary by pivot table.

0:28 I built it in about forty minutes, badly,

0:31 but correctly.

0:32 Nobody ever asked again.

0:34 I still don't know whether to feel guilty or

0:37 competent.