> I'd be curious about pre-recession numbers of high school grad employment vs. now, post-recession. Don't forget automation, which is behind a lot of the disc

> I'd be curious about pre-recession numbers of high school grad employment vs. now, post-recession. Don't forget automation, which is behind a lot of the discrepancy between recovered business sales/overall production figures while the jobs numbers lag behind. Automation means fewer employees getting more work done. > I also think it's a tremendous disadvantage to say "Oh yeah, vocational school can get to you an associate's or a college degree" because at some point we have GOT to stop acting like a college degree is the be-all-end-all. This times a THOUSAND, I know plenty of people who make really good money and left their vocational schools with useful, in-demand skills and practically no debt. (I'm a little jealous TBH, though I still prefer my desk job.)