All I can add is that I worked IT for 9 years getting shit pay. Despite the fact that I spent most of my day writing code, nobody willing to hire me as a developer with an appropriate salary. I got my degree by going to school at night after my day job. Within 3 months, I had doubled my salary with a 'real' developer job. I made more progress in 3 months than I did in 9 years at being able to support myself. And no I don't use anything I learned at UNI. I knew how to write code.