I have no idea why in university we covered state machines so very little when they solve a host of problems and can replace fundamental ways in designing softw

I have no idea why in university we covered state machines so very little when they solve a host of problems and can replace fundamental ways in designing software. Not only that but it's also compatible with them all. I finally tried using state machines in a hobby project and its much better than just writing a bunch of if then statements in a event loop.