100%. Stuff that needs done, will still need done and a lot of it is going to be difficult to robot away. The trades have never been busier, and all the differ

100%. Stuff that needs done, will still need done and a lot of it is going to be difficult to robot away. The trades have never been busier, and all the different trades I see at different job sites have the 30 whatever being the young person. Not only are they in demand, but can pay pretty decently as well, plus have directly applicable individual life uses, causing most of us tradesmen to spend very little $ maintaining our own things (cars, houses, etc). Go to college, awesome. Or learn to use your hands and do something well, awesome. The stuck in retail / service middle ground seems to be the hardest path in life, and obviously so very subjective, but I'd find that long term path not very internally rewarding, either.