> It's a shame A shame? Quite an understatement. Sadly short-termism is the message du jour. I don't have the first idea how skills that once took a ten year

> It's a shame A shame? Quite an understatement. Sadly short-termism is the message du jour. I don't have the first idea how skills that once took a ten year apprenticeship can be sensibly preserved, or why apprenticeships have so comprehensively died. "Modern apprenticeships", or whatever your region calls them, don't provide anything near the same depth. As this article shows, even the places that actually need those rare skills cannot see far enough ahead to recruit a shadow apprentice. It's not just the niche skills that get lost, it's the problem solving abilities that went with them.