My dad is a licensed electrician and sewage treatment plant operator. I made more money than he did by the age of 19 with a semester of community college under

My dad is a licensed electrician and sewage treatment plant operator. I made more money than he did by the age of 19 with a semester of community college under by belt. He owns a 1/4 share in a business and I'm far from working in a FAANG (meaning, he's near the top of his game and I'm close to middle of mine). In 2009-10, he had no work. I don't think people realize how hard recessions hit trades. You don't become "unemployed." You have to go to work then stand around half the day not getting paid until enough people stop showing up that there's enough work. All of my friends working in trades from when I was younger switched careers in the Great Recession (the military was a decent option, since they'd fast-track skilled people to E-5). This is the real reason why millennials are under-represented in the trades. The media prefers to just call us lazy.