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I asked my physics professor if it was even worth learning latex if I don't want to pursue physics and he told me not to because it would consume so much time. On the bright side, the documents would look very well formated.
I don't fully agree with Latex being time consuming. It may be, at the beginning, but after then it avoids you a lot of annoyances that come with WYSIWYG editors.
I rather prefer latex over word, but I'm a programmer and I like fiddling with things to make it work properly. It's not just for scientific papers, any pdf file can benefit from latex even if it's only for the proffessional look.
Physics professor here. I tell my students that i will give them unlimited help and assistance if they want to learn latex. I find that most students prefer latex once they get the hang of it.
I'm incredibly biased though. There is rarely a situation that I would prefer to use word over latex.
My prof told me it's a huge learning curve. At first I'll be very confused and slow at it.
Yeah there's definitely a learning curve. A little coding experience makes the task easier. I typically give my students a template that they put their own text into that includes a peer-reviewed journal format and an example equation, table, and figure.
There's still the "not so short introduction to latex" out there that helped me learn the basics back in the day.