I disagree, but maybe there's a difference between people who read/think bottom-up and those who think top-down.

My son struggled in school despite easily being smart enough for it, and one of the many people we spoke to about his needs explained to him that schools tend to teach bottom-up, whereas he was very much a top-down learner. He first needs an overview before he dives into the details, whereas others first need to grasp the details before they can assemble an overview. And schools tend to teach to the second group.

It's possible we've got something similar with programmers here.