You can fake it til you make it with something like excel, but not so much the web dev piece.

Thanks, everyone! Im sure I can figure it out but want something to put on my resume so that they dont just totally pass me by for an interview. I'll check out the suggestions!

Anonymous wrote:I did this Excel Essentials course when it was on Udemy and it was great. https://www.xelplus.com/courses/

I love her - she has a lot of free content on YouTube and I’ve learned a lot from her. I have not taken the paid course.

Anonymous wrote:With regard to Excel, the best thing you can know is the ability to think "huh, I bet I could do that in excel" + Google + "huh, that does not make sense as an answer, what if I change XYZ"

Literally anything you want to know is out there, but you need to have a brain that sees the shortcut/possibility and the tendency to google till you get it.

Very true. My attitude is, if I can think of it, someone else has already done it. The biggest challenge is to figure out what to call it - the correct name for the thing you want to do. Sort vs filter vs getting those automatic filters on the top row. Freeze panes - that took me forever to figure out what to call “I want to keep the top row on top as I scroll through a spreadsheet that goes beyond one page.

Anonymous wrote:If you’re not even capable of doing basic research into whether it is feasible to learn these skills in two months, I don’t think you’re up to the task.

LOL. YouTube has all OP needs.

With regard to Excel, the best thing you can know is the ability to think "huh, I bet I could do that in excel" + Google + "huh, that does not make sense as an answer, what if I change XYZ"

Literally anything you want to know is out there, but you need to have a brain that sees the shortcut/possibility and the tendency to google till you get it.

I did this Excel Essentials course when it was on Udemy and it was great. https://www.xelplus.com/courses/

Google everything you need it’s work from home so nobody to look over your shoulder to see you Google simple stuff

If you’re not even capable of doing basic research into whether it is feasible to learn these skills in two months, I don’t think you’re up to the task.

Not to be a debbie downer, but most jobs that require certain skillsets want people with work exoerience using the programs/skills which is very different from using them in a class or online tutorial.

Is there a way to quickly do some self taught courses and then do gig work? I can’t think of the names off the top of my head, but there are websites you can use to pick up gig work.

Community college

Check out coursesera.

I would just do tutorials on youtube for Excel.

For web design, https://www.freecodecamp.org/ is good

This web dev course has a whole community attached to it, which mostly meets on Discord, but you can probably just follow on YouTube. He makes it very easy to follow. https://www.youtube.com/@learnwithleon/playlists

Udemy courses

A friend told me about a great work from home job opportunity that will be posted in the next few months, and I would love to pivot from my current career as a mental health therapist into this role. However, the job needs Excel and Web Design skills, of which I have neither (other than randomly budgeting with Excel).

How can I gain some basic skills in these areas relatively quickly? Thanks, all!