[FirmwareBurner]

"Just learn to do plumbing bro."

Seriously, the demand for skilled handymen in the cities is insane as people can't do shit anymore. As per the South Park episode, you have to treat them well if you want them to pick up the phone or return your calls.

[booleandilemma]

Think of how nice the world would be if we treated everyone well regardless of how much we needed them.

[FirmwareBurner]

Of course. Blue collar work has always been discredited in the past few decades since if you were doing it you were seen as the one who failed to get in to college. How many devs did you ever see greeting the cleaning staff?

Unfortunately your status in society and the way you get treated comes from how much money your profession makes. SW devs were also not very popular until google and meta started the bidding war.