Everybody in my extended-family sees these jobs like this, and none of them are in tech. They are in construction, and office work, and health care, and wood wo

Everybody in my extended-family sees these jobs like this, and none of them are in tech. They are in construction, and office work, and health care, and wood working, and farming. Warehouse, retail, fast food, wait-staff, etc, are all seen as stepping-stone jobs. Unless you are running your own business in these areas, they are rarely viewed as "professions" or long-term jobs. Even with things like construction jobs, which are pretty well liked in my family, you are expected to move up to the "better" jobs like heavy machinery operator, or management, and such.