They work their asses off to make the people they work for a ton of money and many are paid commensurately
And yet our society looks down and does not value the guys who actually make things happen on a daily basis or give them the status they are due
“We’re becoming the men we wanted to marry”/ Gloria Steinem
Problem Solved!
Skilled labor makes good money in my area. Well above the threshold mentioned in the article.
I have no problem with those with STEM college degrees making good wages. Some stock traders make much more profits than any STEM graduate will ever make. Trading profits (where very little useful product is produced) and Hollywood celebrities and some ball players make unjustified wages based on useful products, but at least there is demand for entertainment worldwide.
Therefore IMHO the only unjustified earnings are those of stock traders. I made 3 times as much trading stocks than my work as engineer with a masters degree, working for 37 years.
Amen. Stupid people can NOT fix cars, air conditioners, and all the stuff of modern life. In this millennium it’s all technologically advanced. We need to get over blue collar stereotypes.
Amen to that!
Hell, I'm a doctor and I am in awe of some of these handymen.
They analyze the situation, come up with a solution, and fix the problem.
I simply don't have that knowledge or skills, so I pay them handsomely to do that for me.
If I had it to do over again, I would have never gone the MD route.
Too much time to get trained, and in the end you are up to your eyeballs in debt, and in my case, I don't make that much money for the cost in life-years lost.
If I'd become an electrician, I'd probably have a million dollars in the bank and owned my own business.
Maybe even nearing retirement.
But I can now never retire.