I first noticed the "push" probably right after the financial crisis. I think there was a significant push and especially for the next 5 years after for trades among college educated people because many college educated people found their college degrees worthless.

I do not believe there was anything malicious involved in the "push". It's just a lot of young people saw years of schooling wasted. I remember around that time I took a summer job and was working construction. One of the full-time workers had a philosophy degree and I was shocked because I didn't think people with degrees worked in "construction". He told me "what else was he supposed to do with a philosophy degree?"

I'm 35yo and my generation grew up being told by our parents that you pretty much HAD to get a university degree. There was a HUGE push for education in the 00s and 10s but most jobs out there don't actually need a college education at all nor does a college degree actually guarantee a good job.

A lot of people would have been better off just going straight into trades instead of going to college. My generation realized that so they started their own push to suggest people go into trades instead of education.

I first noticed the "push" probably right after the financial crisis. I think there was a significant peak and especially for the next 5 years after for trades among college educated people because many college educated people found their college degrees worthless.

I do not believe there was anything malicious involved in the "push". It's just a lot of young people saw years of schooling wasted. I remember around that time I took a summer job and was working construction. One of the full-time workers had a philosophy degree and I was shocked because I didn't think people with degrees worked in "construction". He told me "what else was he supposed to do with a philosophy degree?"

I'm 35yo and my generation grew up being told by our parents that you pretty much HAD to get a university degree. There was a HUGE push for education in the 00s and 10s but most jobs out there don't actually need a college education at all nor does a college degree actually guarantee a good job.

A lot of people would have been better off just going straight into trades instead of going to college. My generation realized that so they started their own push to suggest people go into trades instead of education.