All the people I know friends,family members, acquaintances all work in tech or have worked in tech at some point (my mom) . I literally didn't interact with people outside of tech that are of my age up until last month or so as I simple did not know them.

I think the culture shock also hit me, coming form a Developing nation I expected people in Europe or developed countries to be more oriented towards stem not just as a career but also as a general thing,being more scientific. Prioratizing education etc. I interacted with young folks and a lot of them thought all this computers and stem was a thing smart people do. Most had not even heard of certain stuff and were short sighted interma of career choices.

The housekeeping chick I talked to told me she had no idea about many stem based things and was studying art history and political science.