I am really happy that someone else also came to same conclusion. It means it's not just us! There will be many more like us who truly want to build new things.
How should we do that? Like you I also find that anything I want to build as MIT licensed software and it works. Then I wonder what do the engineers do?
Oh yes, the new graduates like us are the bottom feeder that are valueless to the companies. They demand 3yr+ for entry level. It's "entry level".
To them we are just expenses that should be cut. I am blessed to learn this really early on. Now I can quit even before starting. Kinda happy about it NGL. I am thinking of building things for myself and when these companies come after me, I would charge them in millions. Let's see how long they can play this game.
They can't speak the local language like I do since I come from fairly backwarded country. That is a huge advantage.