Power supply design/manufacture is a waste of time?

[tszaboo]

One of my rants about the electrical industry is the shift towards only dealing with a small section of the trade.Back when i was an apprentice domestic electrician was almost unheard of,you were an electrician,whether it was wrestling  a 400mm swa around a factory or putting a light in someones loft if it was electrical you was expected to be able to do it.

Then again, the work of an electrician has widened a lot. Think about PLCs, data networks, motor drives, home automation, etc, etc. The work of a modern day electrician covers way more than hooking up wires.

Probably I get once a week a desperate HR/headhunter who wants to hire me to do E-plan and electrical engineering.
Not only am I not qualified to do that, I'm also not interested. I think a lot of old electricians are not used to the other type of systems, that is required nowadays in a modern building. There is a lot of production line setups, chemical, heavy industrial, HVAC, and so on and all this requires more skills than planning a house in the '80s with 1 outlets per room.