It's about status. Americans want to be VP's, lawyers, doctors, etc.
And parents want their kids to be these things. What parent wants to see their kid working 12 hours a day for peanuts and low prestige.
And parents want their kids to be these things. What parent wants to see their kid working 12 hours a day for peanuts and low prestige.
BTW, he's also that kind of person who can fix/build anything as mentioned in the original article.
Yes, I'm paying for his experience, etc. I know that. What's also a little odd to me is that this doesn't work for developers as well, but I think it's mostly because you typically call out a developer for development - before there's an emergency of some sort (broken toilet, in my case). People often want to haggle with me on my pricing but they wouldn't dream of trying to get the plumber to work at half-rate.
That said, I needed a root canal recently. First place I went to (after my tooth cracked) quoted $2200. I went someplace else who did it for $1400. So, even amongst skilled professionals, there's variance.