I am a lazy person. I don't want to bother moving my hands away from my keyboard. I just want to spend my time thinking. Thus, vim is a natural choice. I'm also

I am a lazy person. I don't want to bother moving my hands away from my keyboard. I just want to spend my time thinking. Thus, vim is a natural choice. I'm also a big terminal fan. I have my vim and my tmux. They both fit extremely well, and I live in there. That said, at the end of the day, vim is just another editor. In my opinion, the best out there, but it's no more than that. If you are comfortable with atom, keep using it. If you are curious about vim, install a plugin that emulates the basic vim movement keys. You are not gonna be less of a programmer for not using it. That said, I think everyone would gain a lot by just using a basic vim emulator on top of whichever editor they use. You don't have to give up your current tools.