VBA Knowledge for Munis

I understand that utilization of VBA can go from automating simple tasks on the more liquid, less quanty desks to using it to price exotic derivatives on the fly, clearly quite quanty. I am wondering to what extent VBA knowledge is needed on a Muni desk on the sell side, as I have very limited VBA knowledge coming into the internship which starts in a few weeks.

EDIT: I'll be on a High Yield Trading Desk Primarily

Also, if anyone interned at a BB on the SS, if you had to guesstimate, what % of interns had extensive VBA knowledge?

 

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