Why does nobody want these high paying jobs?

Cultural lag and the need for parents and educators to adjust to a different labor market.

I read a piece recently from NPR about high-paying, skilled trade jobs going unfilled. By skilled trade, I mean jobs that require training or certification in a specific skill but not necessarily a college degree. The NPR piece highlighted an ironworker named Morgan in Washington State. Morgan, age 20 when he was first interviewed in 2018, was making ab…