The industry turns on a dime, but is slow to retire proven technology.
I have been slow to retire vim. In fact, I keep learning new things that make my work easier (like :arge filename --- the e means it's like :e, to edit a file, but it also adds it to the arglist, so you can move back and forth the list of files with :n and :p; and :tabnew, ^PgDn and ^PgUp give you tabs and switching between them).
It seems inevitable that the day will come when the Eclipses and IDEAs of this world are more productive (some say it already has), and when it does, I won't be up to speed to make the switch. I don't think typing support is critical for understanding problems and solving them, but it helps.
I have been slow to retire vim. In fact, I keep learning new things that make my work easier (like :arge filename --- the e means it's like :e, to edit a file, but it also adds it to the arglist, so you can move back and forth the list of files with :n and :p; and :tabnew, ^PgDn and ^PgUp give you tabs and switching between them).
It seems inevitable that the day will come when the Eclipses and IDEAs of this world are more productive (some say it already has), and when it does, I won't be up to speed to make the switch. I don't think typing support is critical for understanding problems and solving them, but it helps.