I don't doubt that that's a problem either in some of those small businesses.

I have a great electrician that I call all the time. He's probably in his late 60s. It's definitely more of a rough and tumble work environment than IT work, for sure, but he's a good guy and he pays his people well and he charges me an arm and a leg.

But we talk about it and he tells me about how the same work he would have charged a quarter the price just 10 years ago. And honestly, he's one of the more affordable ones.

So it definitely seems like the trades is the place to be these days with so few good ones around. But yeah you have to pick and choose who's mentoring you.