> I'd say a good 80% of the work I do requires at least a year of intensive study and/or hands-on learning to even be capable of attempting One year is nothing

> I'd say a good 80% of the work I do requires at least a year of intensive study and/or hands-on learning to even be capable of attempting One year is nothing, really. As a farmer, the work I do required about a decade of study before I could be productive on my own, and I'm still working on mastering it. In the days of yore, farm kids had to start engaging with their teachers as soon as they could as it was the only way they were going to be able to be capable of attempting the practice once they reached adulthood. > Nowadays someone needs a minimum of four years of college to be able to do anything. Well, you need four years of college to get past the gatekeeping. Gatekeeping that is setup because the work has become so much more accessible, necessitating means to cull competition. You don't have to start as a young child nowadays like the farm kids used to have to. You can easily coast into adulthood without even thinking about a career.