I have several nephews that are between 18-23 age. It's pretty surprising the amount of opportunity they have to get into the workplace and just are not motivat

I have several nephews that are between 18-23 age. It's pretty surprising the amount of opportunity they have to get into the workplace and just are not motivated. Getting into a skilled trade is a great career path. I have a co-worker whose son went to vo-tech for welding, got hired by one of the largest construction companies (they're building the USA Bank Stadium in Minneapolis) and is now making close to 50K, with no kids and he's not married, so he's pretty set. When I talk with my nephews, they complain they're broke and can't move out from their families house, but don't want to go to a coding boot camp, or go to a Vo-Tech and learn a trade. They just don't see either as a very "glamorous" career, so they reject it out of hand - which is puzzling. So they work several part time jobs, live at home and have no "launch date" to either go to a 4 year school, or get into something that would give them a solid career path. I'd also like to point out, its always been tough for young kids to get into the job market without college degrees. Even if you were learning a trade, it took years to go from apprentice to journeyman to master. Even when I was in college (mid aughts) I had many friends who didn't go to college and couldn't get a whiff of stable corporate gig. They would always go interview and the guy would say, "You have a great resume, you'd probably do well here, but you need a 4 year degree. Go get your degree and I'll hire you immediately." They were relegated to jumping around between small mom and pop shops that didn't have the stability of a larger corporation. Every couple of years they were on the move.