The most concerning part about the belief that bootstrappy self-taught hackers are able to tackle any type of problem just as well as experienced engineers with

The most concerning part about the belief that bootstrappy self-taught hackers are able to tackle any type of problem just as well as experienced engineers with a solid academic background is how the ignore the fact that hacking together an implementation is a very small part of the problem, and actually knowing the problem domain is of critical importance. This is why we end up with businesses running services where a receptionist has access to customer passwords. Those who designed the system weren't even in a position to understand why that was a critical flaw in the design, let alone a problem that needed fixing.