My usage is similar. I also use all the time - shift - v - } to select a block, or v - w to select a word. It's not strictly needed but help ensure selecting t

My usage is similar. I also use all the time - shift - v - } to select a block, or v - w to select a word. It's not strictly needed but help ensure selecting the right stuff - ctrl i - ctrl o for navigation I've never been able to use tabs, buffers, multiple file edition, that's just too much overhead for me. I rely on vscode for that. That being said, I don't think using vim gives me a competitive advantage. I'm also rather proficient using standard OS shortcut. I like vim out of laziness, it minimizes hand motion, but don't make that big of a difference IMHO. (also lots of young guys use vim too, some younger guys in my team even refuse to use vscode...) EDIT: also vi adds a lot of value in the terminal where standard OS shortcuts don't work, at least on MacOS (i'm waiting for comments telling me how to make them work!)