I'm not much of an academic type myself. I was talking about careers: you're going to make a lot more money and have much more impact as a developer/software guy than as a tradesman.
I don't know of (m)any software developers working for plumbers.
Do you take great satisfaction and pleasure in working with your hands and working on concrete projects?
Do you want to live someplace outside the big-money tech bubbles?
Maybe you don't care about impacting the world - you just want to make a nice living and hang out with your family.
I'm sure there's others.
What I was arguing against is this idea that someone becoming a plumber is the economically superior option.
I'm not much of an academic type myself. I was talking about careers: you're going to make a lot more money and have much more impact as a developer/software guy than as a tradesman.
I don't know of (m)any software developers working for plumbers.