That's likely because the criteria to be judged as "better" is likely from an academic basis. Academia generally does not produce products. Products are genera

That's likely because the criteria to be judged as "better" is likely from an academic basis. Academia generally does not produce products. Products are generally produced by pragmatic engineers & developers. Academically 'better' does not equate to 'better' for "getting shit done". This just emphasises how different academia is from real product development.