Yeah. Totally. I have kind of the double-edged sword experience of only ever having worked up to this point (I'm 35, started working when I was 12) so it kind of adds a level of bleakness to it, if that makes any sense. What I like about a lot of programs, though, is that, as you mentioned, there are co-ops (alternating academic and paid work experience terms) and then, at the graduate level (and even for some qualified undergrads) there are TA (teaching assistant) and research opportunities. So it is possible to be somewhat prepared for the field prior to entering it, or at the very least to explore different opportunities. Thank goodness for that.