Maybe I'm the odd ball but I found the transition from steam to glass much much harder. I started in a King Air 90 no glass > 1900 > Saab 340 > DHC 8 Q400 > CRJ. For me that was the greatest transition and one I think most people should have. I learned how to fly steam gauges in primary training where it should be learned and from there it was just a transition to the increasing speed and complexity of the aircraft. That "whiz bang fancy crap" the RJ has gets in the way at times as I'm learning in the RJ now and it would be just so much easier to go green needles auto pilot off FD off, but that's me others may find that way harder. To this day I'll still say the Q was the hardest plane I've flown but the most rewarding. As an aside at a NIFA competition I made friends with guys on the hiring board at JetBlue and they all said they value the Jet/FMS over not having it.... Doesn't mean you won't get an interview or hired without it they just prefer it. I told them about my time in the Q and they said that they hold it on the same level as a jet due to it's speed/glass and FMS.