williamdix

Yes, you are just an aging fuddy duddy.

It's not that NERDTree makes one unproductive. It's that using NetRW on default vim installations allows you to get going without installing NERDTree.

I'm a fairly junior developer at Braintree. I spent two months this summer working in our West Coast office pairing with one of our most senior developers. I spent almost the entire time at the keyboard. The senior developer provided guidance, a sounding board for ideas, kept me from diving too deeply into rabbit holes, provided context about the choices made in the project, etc. It was one of the most rewarding experiences I have had as a software developer.

Another thing to mention is that we generally rotate pairs fairly regularly. A developer will work with others with very different levels of experience both in general and within Braintree.

I agree with the OP, not because I am trying to prove to others/convince myself that I am not racist. I agree with them precisely because I recognize that I benefit from privilege as a white male, and that I suffer from biases towards those that are different from me. I believe that I need to think critically and deeply about the privilege I enjoy and the bias that I possess, and I encourage others to do so.