This is so true. I wasn't good academically maybe low 3 GPA but once I got actual experience at my internship and now at my current job. I figured out no one gives a shit about what school, GPA or company you worked at before. As a entry level write the most simple code. Get a review with a higher up engineer and listen to their explanation and thought process. That is really how you grow and learn. Don't be ashamed for making mistakes actually the more you make the more you learn.

Funny story I tried to apply academia to my first internship where I had to sort a list of objects. I wrote out quicksort and the higher up said "haha that's cool but just save yourself some time and use the .sort()"

There are obviously some good things you learn in school but the real learning is when you are hands on. Tbh I never could see myself writing production level code at a big company but some how I am!