The commenters in this thread don't seem to understand what it's like to be a new programmer, especially when you may not have had a burgeoning passion for comp

The commenters in this thread don't seem to understand what it's like to be a new programmer, especially when you may not have had a burgeoning passion for computers your whole life. I too am a huge vim user but I would never recommend it to someone who doesn't really care about programming. You can make it your whole career without using vim. The subset of programmers on HN is very different from the industry at large. Most developers clock in, sling some Java and PHP for a few hours, and clock out. In general, this advice is fine. Maybe a little opinionated but who cares, they're valid opinions. If you're on HN, you're probably already disqualified from ever having needed this advice.