In my (long) experience it isn't a spectrum though. I think there's this pernicious lie that anybody could learn anything "if they just work hard enough" and it

In my (long) experience it isn't a spectrum though. I think there's this pernicious lie that anybody could learn anything "if they just work hard enough" and it's not really true. There's a certain base level of analytical ability that's required - and if you have that you can learn anything in tech given time. Everybody else who cannot think analytically like this - including many who work in tech and basically fake it - has a very limited understanding that is close to useless and often very dangerous because of their role.