That&#x27;s just really not true. Vim has a massive middle ground. It has a plethora of features that you don&#x27;t need to know about, but that make your life marginally easier when you do learn them. Getting up to parity with another editor takes a little bit more time than with a yet-another-WYSIWYG, but you can certainly use vim effectively after a day or two. Everything after that point is just bonus productivity.