Maybe you’re talking to the wrong people? Management consultants spontaneously express their love for excel without being prompted. I’ve even seen it at parties.
They are also very good at it. Coders suck at using excel. Honorable mention for the finance folks who know both excel and vba because they deal with both sides.
There is even a successful competitive scene: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/06/experie... https://excel-esports.com/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6xw9w976jo