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School still isn't the same work. There's a lot more intricacies in the real world than you can ever be taught in school.


Of course. As in any field of work, new graduates get entry level jobs and learn by working alongside more experienced practitioners. (E.g., someone who just graduated with a CS degree isn't likely to know how to ship robust, scalable and maintainable software - that's something you learn from experience.)


Yes. Building something complicated requires formal education plus years of experience attempting to build the complicated thing.




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