[MrGilbert]

I can see both having a place: vi/vim for more elaborate features and editing capabilities, and nano for the quick "I need to change that one little thing in my config file" fix. I prefer nano over vi every time, but I barely work over ssh more than once a month. There is simply no need for me to know more about vi/vim.

It doesn't hurt to know some basic vi/vim commands though, as you will mostly encounter them pre-installed on even the most exotic distribution.