College exams test your ability to memorize algorithms; companies test your ability to build applications. This is the 'massive gap' students are frustrated by.
To survive, you must treat your college degree as a baseline, not the finish line. Use weekends to build side projects. Contribute to open source. Learn Git, Docker, and cloud deployments—things that are rarely taught in the classroom but are mandatory for a Junior Developer role.
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