This is great post!
Although, if you look through job postings, if you are not developer/programmer, you aren't expected to understand everything amd you get frustrated - exactly what ypu wrote about. I advise you to learn at least a little programming, even if you don't work in that field it would be helpful :)
For the school system I can't agree more, it's not updated at all. Tech changes every month, heck - every day, amd the school stays without improvement. It's become a joke.