[tauwauwau]

I don't even know what to say to this other than that you are right that it does sound stupid and it is stupid. A software developer should not be afraid of learning software, learning new things is fundamental in our work. Comparing an IDE with basic editor like vi, really, that may have worked out for you since you started 20 years ago when that worked, but it should not be the advice today.

[erik_seaberg]

I learn new tools and platforms all the time, but editing needs muscle memory and I don't want to abandon that every five years for the new hotness. IDEA is just starting to show some longevity for Scala and Kotlin.

[xigoi]

Mainly, a seftware developer should not be afraid of creating neW tools to solve their own specific problems. Programmable editors like Vim allow you to do that, proprietary corporate IDEs do not.