I would argue it is. Not because of Emacs itself though, but because they are the default gnu readline keybindings. This means that by learning these, one can

I would argue it is. Not because of Emacs itself though, but because they are the default gnu readline keybindings. This means that by learning these, one can use them in almost every application on every platform that has a "text input field" type component. Browsers, Adobe software, most native macOS software, any REPL such as python, etc. Even in the shell, ones workflow is just so much better after learning these. (Yes, I am aware that vim input mode exists). But then again, that's as much of emacs that I bothered to learn... I do see emacs often used in competitive programming, mostly by undergrads too. But of course, that is already a very small subset of all undergrads.