Skills don’t stay solid.
I tried to open an old document in Finale today, to make some quick edits. (I haven’t used Finale regularly since 2020, when I switched to Dorico.)
I found that I couldn’t effectively make the changes I wanted to make, because my software skills, which I once considered top-10%, haven’t been used in so long that they weren’t accessible.
Unlike riding a bike, using some skills doesn’t come back automatically.
I have no doubt that if I had continued to push through it, my Finale skills would have returned pretty easily. I won’t, because I prefer Dorico.
But it was a clear reminder that any skill, no matter how solid, will dissipate with disuse. If you want to keep a skill, you’ve got to keep using it.