> But it's really easy to slip into overly romanticizing those careers even to the point of suggesting they're better than getting a degree. Well they are bett

> But it's really easy to slip into overly romanticizing those careers even to the point of suggesting they're better than getting a degree. Well they are better in the sense that you can’t really outsource HVAC or plumbing work to India. The downside of course, and the reason that so many Americans fell out of love with the trades, is that we’re extremely eager to import foreign labor, legally or otherwise, to suppress wages.