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I definitely wouldn't use resolve for editing (not yet anyway, will probably change in the next few iterations) it is very clunky.
Also your style of editing will make a big impact on how well you get on with it, the thing I really loved about premiere when I started using it (about 3 years ago) was I could get rid of all the clutter like tools and buttons etc and set it up just like I had Avid. I could then learn all the other things premiere could do on top but still use it for paid gigs with barely a couple of hours of using it. For example, trim mode is integral to how I cut and whilst prem's version is no where near as good as Avid's its good enough and improving, resolve's is unusable but again that's an issue for me and most of the editors I know don't even use trim mode.
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Yep - tbf I started in Prem but really understood NLEs properly by having to use Media Composer when I worked in a newsroom (even though I took those lessons back to Prem when I left). Like you I'd probably find Resolve clunky to work with - seeing all the nodes etc when I sit in on a colourist using it freaks me out.
CYOA
I've always figured if you're not earning enough to pay 38 quid a month from using adobe software you're probably doing it wrong. I'm with @So_Gewürzt_it_hurtz - seems great value even just to use AE/PR/PR and LR.
All that being said - that DaVinci Resolve is now FREE (studio version a one off payment of like 300$ I'm tempted to say goodbye to CC and just pay for Photoshop which I don't know if I could live without. But not sure if I have the patience to learn completely new software when I've used Premiere for example since 2001.