> How would I make use of the countless hours I have already invested in this piece of software? Countless keywords and the dark magic of the ever changing synt

> How would I make use of the countless hours I have already invested in this piece of software? Countless keywords and the dark magic of the ever changing syntax. That sounds like sunk-cost fallacy. What if you switch jobs and they use something else that just works without needing dark magic syntax? If it's the best tool then so be it, but I question your reason for clinging to it.