I do have to admit that I come from a completely different place, but this does define why I like rwd, why I like playing with it and why I'll never prefer fwd.
I'm an engineer. I have been designing and testing cars, usually on the limit for all of my working life. I like control, working with the car to produce the smoothest and hence fastest progress. Handling is about tyre slip - there's no technical difference between the slip you're getting in a cross-wind and the slip you're getting in a tail-slide. Nor is there any difference to the slip you get in a front-wheel-driver. So the "art", the thing that takes the lifetime to master is the handling - the thing that you'll only get with rear wheel drive, and you'll never get with front-wheel drive.
so, yes, sideways starts as soon as you get moving, and if you want to master driving, then you have to master tyre slip.