Quote Originally Posted by wossname
The other major consideration (IMHO) is being able to use any system you find yourself using... Bash will let you do this, because it is essentially universal.

Getting too dependent on a non-standard set of tools (Fish, Joe, eclipse etc...) may make your life easier in the short term but could ultimately limit your flexibility when other systems appear on the horizon.

$0.02
On the subject of learning universal tools, you should start learning a few of the basic VI commands, since it is the only editor that is really guaranteed to exist on any unix/linux system. The "vimtutor" program that comes with the Vim text editor is a great intro, but make sure not to just learn any Vim extensions as they are not compatible with the original VI.