Sadly in the real world 90% of IT jobs can be winged by googling snippets and reworking them. Even worse people judge what's on the outside. I worked with a web

Sadly in the real world 90% of IT jobs can be winged by googling snippets and reworking them. Even worse people judge what's on the outside. I worked with a web dev that didn't even know js and didn't have highschool degree, he got the job because he "looked nerdy". Think about how many times you've worked on a unique and perfect piece of code, only to realize someone's already made it. Usually with clever optimisations you never thought of. So it might be in a different language or framework, but porting it would have been easier than understanding the issue and reworking it. A good code monkey understands the problem, a good businessman doesn't bother and repackages other people's stuff at a price. I myself have a compsci degree and upvoted you, but the people in charge often don't get this.