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Most are babyboomers, despite their tendency for essential skills like electronics and construction, most of which they were taught in school, they aren't great at it in general.
There are 1% good people and 99% mediocre, where I am from, in my area, this is generally true, so YMMV.
Some take up jobs without any real decent formal training, they get the qualifications when it is a requirement to do so, but are just in it for the money, can sometimes rip people off for tightening a nut in your pipes or replacing an expensive part that doesn't need replaced.
Then again there is a much younger generation that will have learned all they know from a 'degree' or from going to college and doing more writing than practical learning, those that just walk through the degree without any real passion, some will be great, many will not.
I've met a sound engineer in particular that built his studio in his 40s and learned from just recording every week and built up the gear from there, he hadn't much more than a general knowledge of recording and production, he was in the 99% that were really blagging it, still it was a £10k studio, so nothing U2 will be recording in.
Again YMMV
Many essential skills jobs are made up of baby-boomers that flunked school and are just winging it as they realise they have a lot of bills to pay.
But the earlier baby boomers are retired, the later ones are still there from the mid to late 50's
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