An old high-school friend of mine had a son who decided (as a teenager) that he wanted to be a carpenter. His parents forced him into Computer Science. Not knocking CS or anything, but he had a view of something that he really wanted to do (working with his hands) but he was pushed in a different direction because his parents didn't want their kid working a blue-collar job. Too much like the Poors, dontcha know.
Both parents had dads that worked industrial jobs and that just wasn't good enough, even though it provided them with a really good start in life. I was too polite to inform them that all those degree-holders are going to need someone to fix their houses (or their cars or their plumbing). And the fewer of those tradesmen there are, the higher the $$ will be for their services.
An old high-school friend of mine had a son who decided (as a teenager) that he wanted to be a carpenter. His parents forced him into Computer Science. Not knocking CS or anything, but he had a view of something that he really wanted to do (working with his hands) but he was pushed in a different direction because his parents didn't want their kid working a blue-collar job. Too much like the Poors, dontcha know.
Both parents had dads that worked industrial jobs and that just wasn't good enough, even though it provided them with a really good start in life. I was too polite to inform them that all those degree-holders are going to need someone to fix their houses (or their cars or their plumbing). And the fewer of those tradesmen there are, the higher the $$ will be for their services.