Then I'll amend my observation to saying that, IMHO, framing carpentry isn't that hard, but finish carpentry is another matter. I think the term "jointer" may have gone by the wayside with timber frame construction, when there was a person of greater skill and experience than a "common carpenter", who was charged with the critical forming and fitting of the mating parts of the posts and beams.
Yep, framers are a dime a dozen and the quality that is put out today is atrocious. Even many "finish" carpenters are pretty pathetic. Don't see many "Norms" out there. Everyone thinks that they or their kids have to be in management or business now-a-days. Skilled labor is hurting.