Universities cannot churn out people who have real world experience. That is a fundamental contradiction. Where do we find programmers who understand both the

Universities cannot churn out people who have real world experience. That is a fundamental contradiction. Where do we find programmers who understand both the theory of algorithms and the practice of software engineering? It's simple - find someone who learned the theory in school and also has a few years of experience applying that theory. There are many of these people. If you can't find them, maybe the opportunity you are offering is not very attractive.