Academia in a nutshell
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You still learn the only lesson that ever matters, and has ever mattered.
Nepotism and networking are the most useful thing in the world and will be the biggest deciding factor in your future.
It's true: after my first job I made connections with people who then knew I wasn't a total fuck-up. Later on I had to start from zero when I decided to go into a different industry but learned my lesson when I started working in that first industry again.
But I haven't had to deal with HR bullshit for more than a decade. I just get waved on past, and buddies of mine tell HR "hire this guy and pay him whatever he asks, and don't do any of your normal bullshit". No drug tests, no evidence of vaccination, hell I've never taken a personality or coding test.
When I tell people "don't look to fire the reddit mod for being a reddit mod", this is what I mean. Don't worry so much about refusing to deal with people you hate. Worry more about being in a position where you can wave your buddies through the front door. And if you piss the bouncer off in the process of doing so, all the more power to you.
Sadly, it's the way the world works. Once you get past a certain point in an organization, that position was filled because that person knew the right people, and only that.
And if you're lucky, they're atleast slightly competent. But it's one hell of a coin flip.
You're not wrong, though.
"Well sure, it sucks having to flatter the king to get a royal ascent to do business - but that's just how it is!"
You are getting an education.
You are being taught directly that "who you know" is more important than literally everything else you could ever know combined.
That's the way the world works, and has always worked. We can hate it all we want, but its not going to change. And trying to teach kids to focus on their "studies" over their networking is how you have millions of degrees and no jobs.