The vast majority of us aren't learning from masters; we learn who moderately qualified teachers who do what they can. Nothing from what I learned in Uni prepa

The vast majority of us aren't learning from masters; we learn who moderately qualified teachers who do what they can. Nothing from what I learned in Uni prepared me to actually be a software engineer, yet here I am (as well as most of us who are reading this, I assume). The world's progress doesn't depend on a few exceptional people, but it does require a competent majority.