Whether you learn things online or in a classroom, in some sense there is always going to be a disconnect between academia and industry. Industry is where the r

Whether you learn things online or in a classroom, in some sense there is always going to be a disconnect between academia and industry. Industry is where the rubber meets the road and academia is about abstracting it to a circle and line problem. I suppose trade schools could serve as a bridge in that regard. This is indeed a massive generalization, but I've found that people who are left brain dominant, and always in the habit of "citing" stuff, execute poorly on real life projects which are messy, will always have a lot of unknowns and deal with human factors.