| A counter argument to this. My old man is a tradesman, qualified as an electrician, worked and kept studying as he went and ended up as senior management. My little brother has severe dyslexia and ADHD, couldn’t even finish school so went into trades, did some time as a diesel mechanic and qualified as a welder. Now builds race cars for a living ( Dakar ) and is a senior mechanic on track for management. Ambition and luck plays a role but although yes both of their bodies are a little more beat up than mine, they get actively headhunted and even when they don’t have a full time job they can very easily fall back on the skills they have to fill gaps, people always need tradesmen. Neither of them are struggling in life, other than some bad decisions. Both of them are also on most countries critical skills list and emigration has always been an option if the local market drops off. For those reading this, trades are not nearly as bad as is being described here, there are plenty stories of SEs working for horrible companies. |