Before my final year in undergrad I applied to a programmer cohort (sort of like a bootcamp but 4 months long and free) where I worked with other programmers from all different levels of experience. We had to build a product for one of the companies that was supporting the program. At the end of the program we presented our work in front of everyone. On our final day (graduation) someone reached out to me and gave me their business card. I kept in contact with the company during my senior year while applying to other jobs. I started working in that company the month after graduating from college.
There's a chance you may not like the first place you work. Especially now I can understand the urgency to land a job to get some professional experience. I'd say learn on the job but also (if your time allows it) keep learning on your own. I eventually left that company without having another lined up. I was nervous but couldn't stay there while looking for another position at the same time (job searching is a job itself). I was also feeling like an impostor because I wasn't getting any time to code outside of my job that I needed to get back into doing it on my own in order to feel comfortable with my skill level and realize what I needed to work on.
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Before my final year in undergrad I applied to a programmer cohort (sort of like a bootcamp but 4 months long and free) where I worked with other programmers from all different levels of experience. We had to build a product for one of the companies that was supporting the program. At the end of the program we presented our work in front of everyone. On our final day (graduation) someone reached out to me and gave me their business card. I kept in contact with the company during my senior year while applying to other jobs. I started working in that company the month after graduating from college.
There's a chance you may not like the first place you work. Especially now I can understand the urgency to land a job to get some professional experience. I'd say learn on the job but also (if your time allows it) keep learning on your own. I eventually left that company without having another lined up. I was nervous but couldn't stay there while looking for another position at the same time (job searching is a job itself). I was also feeling like an impostor because I wasn't getting any time to code outside of my job that I needed to get back into doing it on my own in order to feel comfortable with my skill level and realize what I needed to work on.