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Nvidia CEO Tells College Grads that Trades are Growing Faster Than Professional Office....
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:55 am
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:55 am
Nvidia CEO tells college grads that electricians, plumbers and iron workers have a leg up – and there’s no degree needed.
"Electricians, plumbers, iron workers, technicians, builders — this is your time. Here's what makes Huang's message relevant beyond the rhetoric: the pay in the skilled trades has become competitive with many college-degree roles, but without the debt. "
It's interesting that the CEO of a tech company (world's most valuable company, by a lot), is saying get a trade. No doubt, he needs tradesmen to build data centers so that may be his angle here.
Yahoo
"Electricians, plumbers, iron workers, technicians, builders — this is your time. Here's what makes Huang's message relevant beyond the rhetoric: the pay in the skilled trades has become competitive with many college-degree roles, but without the debt. "
It's interesting that the CEO of a tech company (world's most valuable company, by a lot), is saying get a trade. No doubt, he needs tradesmen to build data centers so that may be his angle here.
Yahoo
This post was edited on 5/15/26 at 7:58 am
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Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:57 am to Techdave
He’s not 100% wrong
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:00 am to Techdave
This board. 
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:00 am to Techdave
Mike Rowe has been screaming this from the mountain top for years. The company I work for can't hire controls techs fast enough, and at good money to start. That still doesn't mean another company won't come along and poach them with a higher salary...it's crazy how well a tech can do in this market.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:01 am to Mo Jeaux
What a fresh subject for the O-T to discuss.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:02 am to Mo Jeaux
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This board.
Just seeing how much juice is left to squeeze out of this thing
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:07 am to Techdave
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pay in the skilled trades has become competitive with many college-degree roles, but without the debt. "
Starting pay of trades is comparable to starting pay of college graduates. 30 years later, that pay hasn't changed much, and you'll need knee replacement and back surgery.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:08 am to TD422
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Mike Rowe has been screaming this from the mountain top for years.
Mike Rowe hasn't worked a trade job for a LIVING in his whole life. An opera singer turned tv host turned paid shill by big construction.
You think he is doing all that because he's altruistic?
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:16 am to Techdave
He needs them in plentiful supply to build up the impending AI infrastructure boom
This post was edited on 5/15/26 at 8:18 am
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:22 am to Techdave
Okay, sure. So we send our natural born American kids to break their backs working hard labor jobs while…
We import foreign workers to take white collar jobs and fill our professional schools on H1B and student visas and be our new upper class. Sounds like a great deal.
We import foreign workers to take white collar jobs and fill our professional schools on H1B and student visas and be our new upper class. Sounds like a great deal.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:22 am to Techdave
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Just seeing how much juice is left to squeeze out of this thing
I mean....didnt you hear...the Eli Lilly Factory is paying 150 an hour for union electricians....its a booming market.
they cant produce the job listing but its out there
FTR please keep posting this, i want every kid to go into the trades, except mine.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:24 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
quote:fify
He’s not 100% Huang
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:24 am to Turnblad85
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Mike Rowe has been screaming this from the mountain top for years.
Mike Rowe hasn't worked a trade job for a LIVING in his whole life. An opera singer turned tv host turned paid shill by big construction.
You think he is doing all that because he's altruistic?
This response is like the idiots who say that the reporter can't give his/her thoughts on a player in the NFL because they never played in the NFL.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:26 am to Techdave
What will be interesting to see is when all of the white collar jobs are gone, so everyone is going the trades route. The shortage of tradesmen will all of sudden not be a problem and will even have a surplus which will drive wages down.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:38 am to Techdave
Skilled tradesmen have been a value to society for centuries.
I know a guy who is a plumber for the federal prison system. His hands are softer than mine because he worked to the point that he was the head guy and now he just tells others what to do. Easily makes 150+ without laboring hard.
I know a guy who is a plumber for the federal prison system. His hands are softer than mine because he worked to the point that he was the head guy and now he just tells others what to do. Easily makes 150+ without laboring hard.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:40 am to Turnblad85
quote:he spent years on job sites talking with blue collar workers and reporting on how industrial operations actually run. He rightfully shed light on the dignity of skilled labor at a time when there was a full on blitz for all kids to go to college when cost were skyrocketing.
You think he is doing all that because he's altruistic?
He never claimed to be a skilled tradesman and no one cares if he is or not.
Also you’re an idiot
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:41 am to Techdave
Huang warning them that AI is going to have a significant impact and they need to be prepared for a career that will be less impacted.
Too bad the university did not tell them this during freshman orientation and instead chose to have a speaker tell them at graduation after incurring mounds of debt.
Too bad the university did not tell them this during freshman orientation and instead chose to have a speaker tell them at graduation after incurring mounds of debt.
This post was edited on 5/15/26 at 8:46 am
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:43 am to lsu777
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FTR please keep posting this, i want every kid to go into the trades, except mine.
Hopefully they aren't replace by AI before they graduate or they will have loans and a trades job to pay them.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:47 am to UtahCajun
Idk if 777 can handle another thread
Posted on 5/15/26 at 8:47 am to Shexter
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Starting pay of trades is comparable to starting pay of college graduates. 30 years later, that pay hasn't changed much
This may be true but I think you're missing the point. I believe having a job is better than not having a job.
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and you'll need knee replacement and back surgery.
I'm sure orthopedic offices are full of only blue collar workers.
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