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Both of my parents were union tradespeople, one of them IBEW, working on telephone poles. I agree that the "trades" meme is merely a "grass is greener" perspec

Both of my parents were union tradespeople, one of them IBEW, working on telephone poles. I agree that the "trades" meme is merely a "grass is greener" perspective. The low capped pay and lack of personal autonomy (if not strong discouragement of it by the union perks) can make one miserable, especially when you're pushed into it at such an early age based on others' perceived assessment of your abilities. Also, I was a terrible math and science student in high school, and found my groove in college, only to graduate with a BS in CS in the top 1% of the class of almost 1k. Just a late bloomer I guess.

dragonwriter 7y ago
> I agree that the "trades" meme is merely a "grass is greener" perspective Nah, it's a meme being pushed with organized campaigns that take lots of money: it's an attempt to manipulate the labor pool to bring wages down in certain fields by increasing competition for jobs and increasing return to capital. Of course, so is the similarly heavily promoted “train everyone to code” push.
- johnchristopher 7y ago
  Hmm. Any source on that or a piece of journalism ?