I converted to Emacs all of seven months ago and I wish I started earlier. The editor is way powerful, it is a Lisp Machine for the rest of us. Considering its origins it makes sense. It’s an editor you build up to the way you think instead of stooping down to think the way the editor works.

I won’t recommend jumping full into the Emacs way using ERC, GNUS, VM, and all, but start off small. I jumped in by using org-mode.

Alos, learn something new everyday, learn Elisp and add small custom functionality. You will be spending most of your time in your editor if you are a coder so might as well learn its language. Always be sharpening your tools!