Comment by matwood

I wouldn't consider myself a vim user, but learned the basic keybindings awhile back (IMO modal editing is the correct way to edit). Knowing those makes it much easier to bounce between IDEs. Sometimes I don't realize if I'm in VSCode or IntelliJ (especially the new UI) until I try to run something.

> I’m not smart enough to write code as if I’m writing this reply so fluent coding experience without mouse isn’t useful for me ——- I have to stop and think hard every few minutes anyway.

I've worked with good programmers who literally hunt and peck. It drove me nuts, but as most will agree, typing is rarely the bottleneck when programming. I've also worked with people who I would consider vim power users, and while they were faster at typing out some tasks than I am, I found they were often typing/moving around the file as their method of thinking. Whereas I might reach for the mouse and scroll around instead. Again, typing speed is rarely the bottleneck.