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May I suggest Python ?
By the time you get tits deep in Excel to the point where other spreadsheets can't hack it, you may as well be using a real programming language instead of VBA...
If you can do advanced Excel, you can do Python (and numpy will crush Excel in ways that aren't even funny, well OK, it's funny too).
You won't find any applicants for a secretary, HR, or accounting position if it requires knowledge of Python.
No, but for these OnlyOffice is a viable alternative. @surgarsweat was referring to way advanced features, not something secretaries or HR or accounting will need. I have use OnlyOffice for 6 years now, and have yet to find an Excel need it could not fulfill.
I've tried OnlyOffice for personal use and it's just okay. There are some things that I consider basic that I tried to do and either they didn't work or it got super slow/laggy/crashed.