re: Unemployment for new college graduates surpasses the national average, AI to blame

Electricians, plumbers, welders, trades.

A degree is an excuse.

I was on a tour of a welding line, when a welder smarted off.

‘’Loan me your gloves and helmet. While going to school, I worked summers installing overhead cranes.”

I welded a complete transformer tank. Tested, no leaks. Gave the helmet and gloves back. We continued the tour. Know the trade.

Every manager, except for my boss, I had worked the field. I trained degrees engineers who had no clue about they were doing. Told him over lunch one day….we all went to school too, but we worked with our hands, I honestly see you as an office worker, while I handle the floor and my staff.

A damned robot will never handle what I do. Using 20 plus years of experience. Instead, we get girls afraid to get their hands dirty. And the question becomes “What are they supposed to do?”