TeX and TikZ were my saving grace in college. I really don't know where I'd be without it.
Seeing your code work is great, but seeing the results of my TeX and TikZ code personally provides me with an additional level of gratification. It's awesome!
My friends would spend several (painful) hours in Word trying to format our (bio)chemistry lab reports perfectly to the professor's/TA's specifications.
I would just punch in my numbers into a text file, run it through a LuaTeX template I wrote, and would end up with a perfectly formatted lab report.
Now, I work in R&D for an IVD company and employ the same logic for my notebook studies (which require lot #s, expiration dates, asset #s, locations, etc).
I realize TeX isn't for everyone, but you should seriously look into it if you think you can benefit from it.
TeX has saved me days, if not weeks, such that I can focus on more important stuff rather than struggling with Word.
Seeing your code work is great, but seeing the results of my TeX and TikZ code personally provides me with an additional level of gratification. It's awesome!
My friends would spend several (painful) hours in Word trying to format our (bio)chemistry lab reports perfectly to the professor's/TA's specifications.
I would just punch in my numbers into a text file, run it through a LuaTeX template I wrote, and would end up with a perfectly formatted lab report.
Now, I work in R&D for an IVD company and employ the same logic for my notebook studies (which require lot #s, expiration dates, asset #s, locations, etc).
I realize TeX isn't for everyone, but you should seriously look into it if you think you can benefit from it.
TeX has saved me days, if not weeks, such that I can focus on more important stuff rather than struggling with Word.