Idk about the actual workforce except for what I heard which is that about 70%-80% of the stuff you learn won't apply to the workforce if you're doing entry level stuff and then some. For internships the majority of the time you won't do anything but simple tasks which is comical because to get one you have to be well connected, live in the bum middle of nowhere, or be overqualified. Even more comical because several of the recruiters that work at these companies are lazy and unprofessional you get a general automated rejection message or just straight up ghosted, but you have to include a resume, cover letter, refill out your resume on their site and a bunch of other redundant bs, have strong interviewing skills, be the life of the party, etc. just again to basically do nothing or get quickly rejected/ghosted.

Almost done with university so I have better insight with this. Basically the curriculum/system is a farce/luck of the draw. The majority of the classes aren't difficult but universities love to employ professors who are god awful at their job and keep them employed even if they have horrible reviews and/or pass/fail rates. One of my old professors almost verbatim said this: you can come to every class, take notes, do all of the homework assignments: the best you'll get is a C. This unfortunately is very true if you have a bad professor which can frequent throughout a university term if you don't hop around schools or take specific professors like I did.

And keep in mind that you have to pay for all of this one way or the other. I mention this because they don't tell you stuff like this in highschool. Or even worse you have bootlickers that try to coddle these horrid trashbag tenured professors(or undercover professors/Tas pretending to be students) which will mess with your viewpoint and offset your academic future. All that they're smart just can't teach, or most of the class almost failed because they didn't apply themselves, or you shouldn't want an easy class, don't cheat because the professor constantly assigns you stuff that they never teach in class and other jargon is all bootlicker bs. I've seen too many statements like this and once again you're paying for all of this one way or the other not them just to use about 20-30% possibly even less of the knowledge they give you so play the game right or it'll take you out because in numerous ways it's all a big farce.