LOL.
It is amusing how many kids are conditioned to turn their nose up at the “skilled crafts.” Meanwhile, the skilled crafts stay in demand.
A great path to affluence is the mechanical trades and related engineering.
Very often the kids have no say in it. Our school district once had an excellent high school trades program. The classes were taught by master craftsmen. And the students even spent part of their school day working on houses in the neighborhood. We even had an auto body repair program.
Great program all around.
The the administrators killed the program, entirely. The shop classrooms are now used for storage.
The bosses never did give any solid reasons for getting rid of these trade programs, but I know why. The bosses get bonuses based on standardized state-wide test results. These tests measure English and (theoretical) math, but not practical skills. So the trade programs were shut down, and that time was devoted to math and English.
I am in the heavy consgtruction industry, I bid on some big jobs, and I have to agree, finding qualified skilled tradesmen and not having them stolen away by the competetion is a problem for us everywhere from Pennsylvania to florida, across to Dallas and back up to chicago. Outside of that box it's not as bad of an issue.
Young folks who can do construction will make foreman pretty young and can have a hell of a decent living, as long as they are willing to learn and travel.