No-one employs a fresh out of uni person to build or design anything without experienced oversight. I doubt they let them do unsupervised heart ops either fresh out of uni Most learning comes from on the job activities after uni.
One never use to have to go to uni to become an engineer. My uncle is an engineer and has no uni degree. Father was a Chartered accountant and had no uni degree.
Education, experience and ability matter not a piece of paper.
Many drops outs have turned themselves into billionaires or multi millionaires, even Mark Zukerberg was a drop out.