Comment by cuddlecake

I am mentoring Junior Developers, working students, trainees and interns who are at the very beginning of their career, they don't have _their_ setup yet. I watch them do something very tedious, and then I point out that there is a shortcut or IDE function for that. They have always been grateful, so far.

> And why does one even need to know vim at this point in time?

I was thinking about this a lot last night. I have learned drumming, bass guitar, guitar and I am learning piano now, so I may not be an authority on practicing, but I know that practice usually leads to a certain degree of improvement.

And very early in my career, I also practiced coding, more specifically I practiced using the IDE, and later I practiced using vim.

Both of these things give me confidence in the "writing and editing" aspects which let me focus on the other aspects of coding, like the abstract/ideas and the stack.

So I don't think it's important to know about vim, but it is important to at some point have deliberately practiced with the tools one uses daily for years to come.