Academics rarely understand industry, it's just not what they're typically interested in. I got taught a lot of computer science theory in college, but at no p

Academics rarely understand industry, it's just not what they're typically interested in. I got taught a lot of computer science theory in college, but at no point was I taught how commercial build systems work (unless you count make), and forget anything regarding scalability or manufacturing. Was actually quite frustrating for me when senior year rolled around and I still didn't fully understand how any of the theory I'd been shoving into my brain was actually used to create, say, a car or aircraft or even a calculator. At best I got a cursory series of lectures in scrum and assignments that required the use of Eclipse, and that was it. Even in the hardware-oriented EE side of the curriculum it was just working with basic prototype boards, nothing about the business side or mass production. It's not that my education was useless (far from it) but I wasn't taught how to "build" anything beyond toy projects until my first job. Granted, the people who had the knowledge to teach said methods were probably too busy making comparative bank in private industry, or perhaps were teaching business courses. Most academics are researchers, and researchers tend to be explorers, not builders.