Does your workflow demand a comparable number of different editors to OP? Let's be generous and say comparable = within a factor of 5. You're talking about a singular IDE and OP is in the security space, so my guess would be "no."
Security has this way of one-off dredging up random-ass dev environments from forgotten corners of the universe that have been ravaged and forsaken by time because you need a compiler/debugger/etc matching today's production artifact of interest. Putting up with emulation and evil autocomplete is still easier than building a one-off DIY compiler and debugger without documentation, but mismatched autocomplete can really absorb a truly astounding amount of life energy before tomorrow forces you to move on to something different.
In any case, it sounds like you two are fighting completely different boss battles, and perhaps some allowance for that fact is warranted before passing judgement on OP's build.
Does your workflow demand a comparable number of different editors to OP? Let's be generous and say comparable = within a factor of 5. You're talking about a singular IDE and OP is in the security space, so my guess would be "no."
Security has this way of one-off dredging up random-ass dev environments from forgotten corners of the universe that have been ravaged and forsaken by time because you need a compiler/debugger/etc matching today's production artifact of interest. Putting up with emulation and evil autocomplete is still easier than building a one-off DIY compiler and debugger without documentation, but mismatched autocomplete can really absorb a truly astounding amount of life energy before tomorrow forces you to move on to something different.
In any case, it sounds like you two are fighting completely different boss battles, and perhaps some allowance for that fact is warranted before passing judgement on OP's build.