American carpenters visit a carpenter trade school in Switzerland
youtube.comI find it fascinating that the USA lacks these kinds of education systems. Trade schools exist for software developers, too. Some companies in Europe even prefer trade school over university education, as the later often have not really learned the trade of software engineering.
The U.S. used to have strong trade programs but eventually college degrees were seen as the only way and as a class gateway. Unfortunately, this was short sighted and leaves us with the current situation where many folks have college educations that they are not using and we have a shortage of folks in important trades.