Same here, I learned about the golden ration in my high school Art class. Weird, because it was never mentioned through my college years despite how important and ubiquitous it is.
The golden ratio does not depend on the Fibonacci sequence, it depends on the recursion equation, and it's only ubiquitous if you add error margins of 10% or so so that it covers ratios like 3/2 and 7/4. Nautilus shells aren't described by the Fibonacci sequence, and the golden box isn't all that pretty.
It's a great and motivational story, but it's not the magic bullet some authors make it out to be.