In my opinion the biggest issue in general is the distance between ”the educational world and the professional world”. There’s so much more to being a great eng

In my opinion the biggest issue in general is the distance between ”the educational world and the professional world”. There’s so much more to being a great engineer than knowing the ins and outs of x, y or z. In reality you have to compromise, with everything, almost all the time. They don’t teach you that at school, you learn that while working. People who just graduated (atleast here in Sweden) think they are pro’s when graduating, only to realize they’re real green’ies when they start working. If they don’t realize it right away, they do realize it a couple of years in. I’ve been working as an embedded software developer for 7+ years at different #1 in their field companies without a degree. I’ve worked with a lot of newly graduates and the above is my experience. The best technical solution is not always the best solution.