Ah yes. Do you use C-M-a and C-M-e?

They jump to the beginning or end of a function and can make scrolling much less painful. I know Evil mode has something similar.

I usually do screenwriting, and fountain-mode uses M-n and M-p to jump between dialogue. I love that and feel like C-M-a and C-M-e are really the closest comparisons to that I know of for code.

Ivy with Swiper is the best way to navigate large files or groups of files IMO.