The framework your professors used was probably meant to teach you fundamentals. Sure, you can teach yourself to glue code together that you found on the Intern

The framework your professors used was probably meant to teach you fundamentals. Sure, you can teach yourself to glue code together that you found on the Internet and get pretty good at it. The trouble comes when you get to a problem that hasn't been solved already. That's when the fundamentals you learned will kick in and actually help you.