Some fields need LaTeX for equations. Not all do. If you are in two minds, I recommend that you do commit to LaTeX.

What I came to say is if you are in a field like mine that might need LaTeX - a mash up of applied stats/coding/blah in health, then do it.

If you have the faintest scooby (UK slang - scooby do, clue, as in basic understanding) about computers LaTeX takes a day to learn.

I now have a document that writes itself. BibTex (the most basic biblio tool that works with LaTeX) and Zotero mean that I can type or paste an ISBN and have muscle memory to insert the reference into my bibliography and the citation without typing for any books and articles I have tried. Well, like, I have to CTRL C and CTRL V; but not actual typing of strings.

Game changer. I am enjoying the compilation of my bibliography.

Edit: some typos and cleaner expression 15hr or so later. I want to

• respond to comments and appreciate/sanction that the choice of medium depends on constraints provided by your advisors’ preferences;

• also, it’s not just the equations. It’s more than that, it’s the experience of your expressions being codified which is meaningful for me;

• really crucial tbh is the fact that Knuth wrote it and my cs professor friend recommends it and a bunch of other subjective stuff.