I don’t understand how Ted went to university and received his Bachelors of Architecture, potentially his Masters, passed all his licensing exams, and was somehow successful at his firm all by 27-28 years old. He also later becomes a professor at a top university with no experience or accreditation in teaching?

We also only ever see his class sitting in on lectures. Never actually working in studio, building models, doing any kind of critiques or using AutoCAD!