When I was growing up it was generally looked down upon if you would have done that instead of college - and I came from the poor neighborhood! It was especially pushed on us to go to college as a way to get out of poverty.

We face the same thing here till this day. After going through school with the aim of getting corporate office jobs, a lot of people end up with hands-on practical jobs that didn't need them wasting all that time in school.

Hopefully, the coming generation get to live their dreams in their chosen unconventional routes.