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A Boring Dystopia
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There were entire generations told diplomas were the only path to success and only "stupid people or drop outs" would do trades or jobs without a degree. Anecdotally speaking, most of the people I know who have jobs paying enough to purchase a house are in the trades, and most of them have phenomenal job security due to being hard to replace with another worker.
For the last 18 years I've owned a business that does events on college campuses, so I've talked to literally thousands of college students about their majors and future career plans. Over the years I've seen zillions of Software Development majors, or similar, and we always talked about how they'll always have a safe career.
Apparently, we were all wrong.
The trades have always been about becoming a manager before your body gives out. The former often involve an MBA.
There is a lot to be said about a high demand job. But people weren't stupid nor did they forget about plumbers. They wanted better for their kids. They wanted them to be white collar.
Some people aren't great at white collar positions. I work trades and my boss's grandson is a teen who is very smart and works hard on some jobs, but he struggles in school. White collar positons for people with high energy or long term focus issues can be difficult for them. We aren't able to let the robots do everything yet so we still need people to work trades. Schools should be providing quality pathways to both.
I think the bigger issue with the trades is the overtime culture and excessive hours most of them face. With better hours with the same pay i think the whole industry and workers standards would benefit.