• lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    You can learn enough Vim to be productive in it in about 3 minutes.

    You can install some plugins; your experienced coworkers have probably figured that out for you.

    It’s ok to be a junior, but you should investigate things from time to time. You may even surprise yourself.

    But you do you.

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      6 hours ago

      I’m a vim novice. I basically know just enough to save files or quit, paste with formatting, and “insert” changes. I think I used to know how to find within a file, and I’m sure I could learn again in an instant, but I haven’t had to do that in a long time for my noobish tasks. I know it is way more capable than that, but I haven’t had to learn more features yet since I use it at a ‘nano’ level.

      I agree it only takes 3 minutes to learn these things, but personally it took me a bit longer to make them muscle memory.

      I get it if someone were to be annoyed that things they knew how to do in another program they had to re-learn in vim, but this kind of thing it seems like you would just accept that you’re going to be frustrated and then put in the work to learn it so you can work more easily with your coworkers or whatever. Like you said, vim has serious advantages, and it seems a little short sighted to not be willing to learn from people that want to train you up in a tool to be more effective.

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      1 day ago

      What’s that? A programmer who focuses on using arcane bullshit to gatekeep and feel high and mighty?

      How unique and original!

      Try focusing on shipping software rather than being an archinaut. Your customers and coworkers will like you better.

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        Last post from me. I have given you accurate information in good faith. Since you’ve decided to become aggressive and hostile, I can tell that you’re an unpleasant person and I’m glad you’re not on my team.

        Good luck and have fun out there.

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          1 day ago

          Lmao, you called me a junior because I don’t regularly use VIM. Don’t trick yourself into believing that youre a pleasant person.