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Sign me up to be an electrician. The line for that is pretty long and gatekept.

• ares623 8mo ago
  You and 100,000 other software engineers will make that line pretty short in no time I bet! It's amazing how South Park has better economic sense than HN (or maybe not actually)
  • grumple 8mo ago
    There's a shortage of over 500,000 tradesmen in the US right now, expected to reach a shortage of 2 million by 2030. And if you've ever tried to get somebody out for a repair: it's hard. They are expensive, and the tradesmen are often not good, and often pretty dumb, even about their own field. Add to that the regulatory gatekeeping, where it takes 5 years minimum of working under someone else to be able to work independently in some fields, and the low initial pay and poor treatment causing people to drop out... there's going to be a shortage for a long time. And even if their wasn't - the people in those fields now would be relatively easy to outcompete imo.
  • lvl155 8mo ago
    Electricians make more money than an average developer. A commercial one will be like being a staff level dev. This is why it is gatekept in most municipalities. To be fair, being a good electrician is not easy.