Someone has to make sure THINGS WORK!
The same is sure with Agriculture.
We are so spoiled with ALWAYS having food on the table and in the store, with getting in a car, plane, elevator and assuming that it will work.
We flip a light switch and the lights come on.
Journalists, lawyers, politicians, entertainers, actors do not have the objective scrutiny that engineers and farmers have. They are also usually vastly overpaid for their work, especially in relation to the necessity of their work in comparison to farmers & engineers.