I'm a self-educted editor who started about 40 years ago on U-matic and 16mm, moved through 1" C-format to BetacamSP to digibeta videotape using (primarily) the Convergence ECVS900 Edit controller then to digital - first using FAST/// VM Studio and quickly moving to FAST/// Liquid Silver and later Chrome HD - both of which were the most user friendly, intuitive NLE systems one could wish for, but which were bought up and quickly discontinued by Avid - hence the transition in 2014 to Media Composer. I still shoot on videotape (HDCAM) as well as other formats such as HDV and Canon EOS 5D. I consider myself to be an old-school editor with a keen interest in both classic production values and all that is new in digital editing.