I automated my CSV cleanup with Python (saved 2 hours every week)

<p>If you've been freelancing for more than a month, you've lived this: invoice sent, due date passed, radio silence.</p> <p>The follow-up email is easy to write once. It's

<p>Every data job I've ever touched starts the same way: someone hands me an export that's <em>almost</em> usable. Duplicated rows. Columns named <code>"Order Date "</code>.

<p>Most "Excel problems" I get asked about are not Excel problems. They are the same five boring steps someone does every Monday by hand. Here is how I decide whether a task is