Is SAS a valuable skill set?

[smwong]

Hey people,

I know a lot of actuaries know how to use the SAS language. I want to learn it, but I have to pay for myself to learn this statistical language from computing school. Just wonder if this is a worthwhile investment since a course like this costs more than 2000 bucks.
I also wonder which type of actuary (P/C, Life, Pension) come across or make use of SAS the most. Also wonder if there are a lot of banks or financial firms out there use SAS to do programming projects. Thanks.