Newbies also learn a new approach to problem solving in a summer internship at a major software company too. The internship is also MUCH cheaper than four years learning theory.

Of course, you could always take a script kiddie job at a minor software company. Those wouldn't be fulfilling to anyone anyway, and those are the jobs that exhaust you and make you feel like they are "eating up" your time, instead of being a productive use of your time.