What is stopping you from proposing better software?

I for one think this demonstrates how overpriced universities are. All of academia is comparable to a ponzi scheme.

The Ribbon interface used on office products isn't there because it's good UX. It exists because there's a software patent on it.

If office didn't use a patented UI, someone could make office software that replicated the UI of MS Office which would allow companies to switch to other products without having to retrain staff.

Microsoft was enshittifying their software long before anyone else.

Your IT is retarded if they won't let you use SOLIDWORKS or python

Shout out to CAD users here!

Excel is a powerful tool. I was solving system of differential equations with Newton method in it. Sometimes it is easier than in Matlab (or Mathematica) if all you have is good understanding of how step-wise equations should look like, but not the differential equations themselves. Those steps may include if statements, for example.