I recently got back into D&D (after a twenty year break). Therefore let me put it this way: Emacs is that magical weapon you can wield only when you have reached a certain level in your class, be that mage, warrior or nerd. Without the necessary experience in your professional life, you neither know what you need nor do you have the patience to learn. One can live perfectly fine without a magical weapon and not everyone needs to become the next Miyamoto Musashi. In fact, my colleagues are perfectly fine using MS Word - none of this is needed.