The American story, reinforced regularly with research and articles like this one, has no category for professional or vocational training. The story is simply &quot;how much university education do you have&quot;. If you go and train to be an electrician, you&#x27;re the same as a high-school graduate.<p>So yeah, I agree, this is a big cultural problem the US faces.<p>It seems like skilled trades are kind of ignored in tech circles, largely because we rarely use them. (Calling the HVAC repairmen is the landlord&#x27;s job.)