Joking aside, Dreamweaver got me into HTML and CSS six years ago when I was 13 and now I have a pretty awesome job developing. Like pdenya states, it's definitely not for power users. But it has its place.

Years ago, when CSS layouts were the new thing and hadn't quite been figured out yet, I used Dreamweaver's code editor and WYSIWYG view to teach myself the basics of CSS layouts. This was before I knew how to "program," and I'm sure there are better ways to learn, but it was an effortless way to get instant code-output feedback which really helped at the time and probably helped in my foray into programming.

I do agree with you and was definitely was in the same boat. Dreamweaver actually functions pretty well for a starter/basic FTP and code editor, but beyond that it's very, very outdated and needs a massive overhaul.