Yep. The guy's the same age as me, and his life history sorta mirrors my own odd trajectory from blue collar to professional life, and then back to blue collar technical stuff--though in my case, I just do the technical stuff as a significant hobby obsession and still play the professional role to pay the billz. I was in the last graduating class at my high school to benefit from both Auto and Metal shop. They shut them both down in '85, the year after I graduated. Thankfully I spent my four years there gathering useful skills and technical comprehension. It's paid off in spades over the years.