The just-so story I heard about the construction trades was that there was essentially no work for years after 2008. The master craftsmen retired or moved on, a

The just-so story I heard about the construction trades was that there was essentially no work for years after 2008. The master craftsmen retired or moved on, and as demand recovered there was hardly anyone left to train even those apprentices brave enough to enter an industry that just... sometimes doesn't have any work for a few years.