BTW - was never in doubt that trades people aren't well educated. They most certainly are, and are undervalued, like teachers.

We can teach computers to print houses, but someone would still have to know how to make the materials, load the right amount, size, what have you-into them. That all comes from math and applied sciences.

Just in case you want another reason to support educating everyone and paying a fair wage.

We used to complain about having to know fractions and conversions between feet and inches. It's a clear indication that education models were initially set up for people to go into trades to at least recognize the difference between inches and centimeters.

Tech has less physical effort involved. But the brain power and artistry is very real. AND MATH. I've rarely had to do calculations unless dealing with I/O. Folks that work in and around construction have to utilize math on some level every day. It's wild.

ALSO - very real parallels to the tech world - Estimates are always p50s. Work sometimes runs into unexpected things. People scheduled to be out both expected and unexpected. Deciding whether to go through with fixing something or making/using new.

I've lived in places like that. Trick we used was plastic film or cling wrap, taping it down with painter's tape or masking tape. It reduced the draft significantly and helped keep heat in. Our windows were thin pieces of glass, nothing more.