Hell yeah. I am, in fact, an electrician, and I can tell you that we (and the skilled trades in general) need all the smart people we can get. A couple of decades of funnelling every smart kid into college (and telling them that the trades are just for the dummies who couldn't hack it in higher education), has left us sorely low on talent. We are the people building your homes so they don't fall down (and wiring them such that they don't erupt in flames). You want competent people doing that.