I've been using Vim since before it was Vim. I learned C on the 'ed' editor in the mid-80s, which was a predecessor to vi and Vim (and a subset of its command l

I've been using Vim since before it was Vim. I learned C on the 'ed' editor in the mid-80s, which was a predecessor to vi and Vim (and a subset of its command line UI). So Vim is always my go-to editor. nano is fine for quick edits, but the more Vim you know, the better off you'll be in that situation. If you're not a devops/sysadmin person, or you don't spend a lot of time in command-line Unix, there's no shame in not knowing Vim. But it is universally better than nano.