I'm a self-educated 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 ECS900 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 first by Pinnacle Systems, then by Avid, where they were quickly discontinued - 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 both in classic production values and all that is new in digital editing.