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I don’t think this is a fair debate. It works both ways. Nearly every engineer I’ve asked this question has said that they learned more on the job than they did in school. However, the only reason why they were able to do so was /because/ of their educational background.</p>
<p>Specifically, my internship this past summer was in substation design. You’re really not likely to learn that in school. But of course they’re only looking for EE’s for the internship/ intro job levels because they have the appropriate background education.</p>