Given the market, why are the newest scrappers even bothering?

I am in no way knocking this profession. I just want to gauge why, given the market and current prices, why are the newest scrappers even beginning to scrap?

Eight years ago when I started scrapping I made a full weeks wages on a Sunday. Now, it seems to take two weeks to make the same amount of money. If I were just starting out now, no way would I pick this job to make a living.



My honest question, as a scrapper and scrap yard employee who hears the laments day in and day out is ...why? How are you making money by starting out now? Or, I should ask, how are you making enough?