[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Tyson Drake | Fractional CMO [@tysondrake](/creator/twitter/tysondrake) on x 1985 followers Created: 2025-07-29 01:04:31 UTC Been thinking about how prompting is becoming the new Spreadsheet skill requirement. There was a time when "knowing Excel" was a competitive advantage. I think it still is to some extent, and I used to test for it regularly in quant dependant marketing roles. Now it's just expected. That said, I still see weak spreadsheet skills among marketers, especially those coming from bigger companies where an analyst usually handles it for them. I think now it's a lot more expected. If you work in marketing, ops, finance, or eCom, you’re meant to know your way around a spreadsheet. We’re hitting the same point with AI. Prompting is how you unlock leverage. Without prompting skills, your team is missing an entire skillset of problem solving, and efficiency gains. This isn’t about hiring an AI specialist, it’s about levelling up the whole team. Just like the expectation for people to know how to use spreadsheets, now they’ll need to learn role-specific prompting and how to structure a good input. Prompting is the new Spreadsheet. Don’t wait for it to become a job requirement. It already is. XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [drake](/topic/drake) [Post Link](https://x.com/tysondrake/status/1949999444889653352)
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Tyson Drake | Fractional CMO @tysondrake on x 1985 followers
Created: 2025-07-29 01:04:31 UTC
Been thinking about how prompting is becoming the new Spreadsheet skill requirement.
There was a time when "knowing Excel" was a competitive advantage. I think it still is to some extent, and I used to test for it regularly in quant dependant marketing roles.
Now it's just expected. That said, I still see weak spreadsheet skills among marketers, especially those coming from bigger companies where an analyst usually handles it for them.
I think now it's a lot more expected. If you work in marketing, ops, finance, or eCom, you’re meant to know your way around a spreadsheet.
We’re hitting the same point with AI. Prompting is how you unlock leverage. Without prompting skills, your team is missing an entire skillset of problem solving, and efficiency gains. This isn’t about hiring an AI specialist, it’s about levelling up the whole team.
Just like the expectation for people to know how to use spreadsheets, now they’ll need to learn role-specific prompting and how to structure a good input.
Prompting is the new Spreadsheet. Don’t wait for it to become a job requirement. It already is.
XXX engagements
Related Topics drake