So, I decided to mess around with this “CVO” thing today. Honestly, I wasn’t even sure what it was, just saw the term floating around and thought, “Why not?”
First, I googled “CVO”. I found some complicated explain, just ignore them. I need to find what it is and how to use it.
Okay, it seems like I needed some data to work with.I picked a random excel file from my old project, renamed some columns, and generally made it look like something I could analyze.
Then, I started trying to figure out how to actually do something with this data. I opened a Jupyter Notebook. You know, because that’s what all the cool data people use. I fumbled around with some Python libraries, I think they’re called “pandas” and “matplotlib”. The names themselves. Honestly, I mostly just copied and pasted code snippets from Stack Overflow. Don’t judge, everyone does it.
I managed to load my messy spreadsheet into the notebook. It took a few tries, kept getting errors about file paths and stuff. Finally got it working though. High five to myself!
- First tried: some complicated code about reading file and transform it. Failed.
- Second Tried: find a easy way to read the data. Success!
Next, I tried to make a basic chart. I don’t even remember what kind of chart it was. A bar chart? Line chart? Who knows. The point is, I got something to show up on the screen, and it vaguely resembled the data in my spreadsheet. That’s a win in my book.
I spent a good chunk of time just tweaking the chart. Changing colors, adding labels, that sort of thing. It’s surprisingly satisfying to make a graph look pretty, even if you don’t fully understand what it means.
My “Aha!” Moment (Kind Of)
After staring at the chart for a while, I think I started to see some, I can say “potential”. Like, I could see how changing certain things in the spreadsheet might affect the chart in a meaningful way. It wasn’t exactly a groundbreaking insight, more like a “huh, that’s interesting” moment.
I played around with some different scenarios. What if I doubled this number? What if I cut that one in half? The chart would change, and I could sort of, kind of, see how that might relate to, you know, making better decisions. I think.
Honestly, I’m still not 100% sure what I accomplished today. But I learned a few things:
- Spreadsheets can be loaded into Python. (Who knew?)
- Charts can be made from spreadsheets. (Amazing!)
- Messing with numbers can be kind of fun. (Surprising!)
So, that was my day with CVO. Will I become a CVO expert? Probably not. But at least I can say I tried it, and I didn’t completely break anything. I guess that’s something, right?
