People learn power-user software. At least they get a sense of growth. Something they were denied. Actually going faster, but taking time - this goes for so many skills, yet society treats some like nerds and others like cool guys! Soverignity.
Plus the thing is that: you don't actually have to live like a maximally time-efficient being, taking the joy of learning a new software away. This is like saying learning anything is time not spent "finishing" anything. However, most things usually take longer to prep than execute, like a play or performance or stuff. So either approach is fine! Perhaps because learning itself is not linear. There may be days of discovery with little pragmatic benefit. But without any discovery, what can you even do? That is the point!