My cousin literally went to school for water filtration stuff, grew up in a family of farmers and worked out graywater solutions for their farms and is now working as a septic engineer, maybe not 100% in the role he wants to do but certainly in the ballpark.
But obviously some jobs are going to be worse than others, but what matters is people's tolerance and increased compensation. People work crazy dangerous jobs on oil rigs because of the pay. They aren't forced to do it. The economics would just rejigger such that harder more necessary jobs pay more while easier jobs pay less. There has already been a shift the past few decades where plumbers and other blue collar jobs are bringing in more attractive salaries by lack of workers, so more kids are choosing those careers now (especially with the stupidity of higher ed costs).
I wouldn't be against plumbers and electricians making more than finance and tech bros. Sounds like a better rebalancing of societal needs, honestly.
But obviously some jobs are going to be worse than others, but what matters is people's tolerance and increased compensation. People work crazy dangerous jobs on oil rigs because of the pay. They aren't forced to do it. The economics would just rejigger such that harder more necessary jobs pay more while easier jobs pay less. There has already been a shift the past few decades where plumbers and other blue collar jobs are bringing in more attractive salaries by lack of workers, so more kids are choosing those careers now (especially with the stupidity of higher ed costs).
I wouldn't be against plumbers and electricians making more than finance and tech bros. Sounds like a better rebalancing of societal needs, honestly.