It is better to reason about the spectrum of possible users than to assume "users" can be simplified to a single concept of "user". Not only are there different neurotypes, but there are also different skillsets, upbringings, and contexts. Rather than picking a single ideal user, the best user experiences for account for all the variation of their target audience.
For example: the best documentation includes both "learn by doing" material for jumping right in, and "learn by reading" material that explains everything. This usually results in both a "getting started" section for doing, sometimes also with tutorials, and by a reference for reading. But it is important not to conflate them. Some minds are incredibly "learn by doing" and some minds are incredibly "learn by reading". I am more "learn by reading" than by doing, but I am not quite as "learn by reading" as some I've met.
(This comment is a slight tangent, but "users prefer" somewhat irks me because "users" are not homogenous. You should not always make a decision solely because "users" prefer it. That decision may matter much more to a minority, and that minority may exert more influence than the majority would.)
For example: the best documentation includes both "learn by doing" material for jumping right in, and "learn by reading" material that explains everything. This usually results in both a "getting started" section for doing, sometimes also with tutorials, and by a reference for reading. But it is important not to conflate them. Some minds are incredibly "learn by doing" and some minds are incredibly "learn by reading". I am more "learn by reading" than by doing, but I am not quite as "learn by reading" as some I've met.
(This comment is a slight tangent, but "users prefer" somewhat irks me because "users" are not homogenous. You should not always make a decision solely because "users" prefer it. That decision may matter much more to a minority, and that minority may exert more influence than the majority would.)