Yes, I do realise that the Maya is built upon MEL scripts, but my question is, why would I want to learn MEL and not just stick to the GUI? I suppose since I dont know MEL yet, I'm unable to visualize its uses.

And If I do decide to go for MEL, then what kind of jobs am I going to get?

I know this posting is kind of out of the blue, but, hey, I love the simplyamaya forum,and it has always come through for me