You don't think they can address both needs? What are non-MIT schools teaching when they teach CS if it's not SICP? Is everyone else just a vocational school?
It's okay to use different tools. Don't worry about it so much.
FWIW, I spent a lot of time in Notepad++ with my own syntax and settings setup for a specific video game I made mods for. And then I learned Linux and really bought into BOTH Vim and Emacs. And then I stopped playing around with computers and pretty much forgot about all of that stuff. No hard feelings.
I'm a type 1 diabetic and get to monitor my blood sugar level, and there's just not much difference in between these oatmeal styles when it comes to digesting the carbs.