I think it's a good skill to have and, at worst, a good thing to know at least something about. Most people go through their lives pretty clueless about doing things for themselves other than checking their likes on Facebook, taking selfies, buying things on line and other such things...automation has really dumbed people down. Not all, just most people. Knowing how to do stuff is important to me and so I work at it...I'm also really good at some of those things. :)