[throwawayjava]

> Consider the basic task of choosing where you are going to store some data

Yes, do consider.

In many, many cases the appropriate answer is "whatever stack you're familiar with".

In maybe 10% of cases the answer will boil down to technical requirements and you'll need familiarity with "Postgres, SQLite, Redis, LevelDB, ..."

And that's where the bimodal distribution comes from.

> There are "law schools" and "med schools" to teach you all the knowledge required to become a lawyer or a doctor. There is no "programming school", every programmer is self-taught

I don't know a lot about the law.

But if you think that MDs are not "self-taught" in the same way bootcamp graduates or CS graduates are "self-taught", you should talk to an MD some time.