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re: Will "Learn to Weld" become the new "Learn to Code" with AI coming for the coding jobs?
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:22 am to Tiger985
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:22 am to Tiger985
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You are either in denial or fundamentally do not understand the changes coming.
Prompt engineering? Seriously? For what, about 3 months.
I'm in the industry. If you think AI will fully replace 80% of coding jobs in 5 years then you have 0 idea how "coding" or AI work.
In 5 years it MIGHT replace 80% of "coding" jobs like website design or QA automation but it still requires lots of hand holding to accomplish that today.
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Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:26 am to GetMeOutOfHere
Blue collar circle jerk about something they don’t understand
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:26 am to Roaad
Learning to weld is cheaper and pays better
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:28 am to Roaad
I think the massive push towards blue collar jobs is a mistake. I don’t know if some of you have been paying attention but we have flood the country with manual labor over the past 10 years.
Also, if every young kid goes to blue collar work it will saturate the market just like has happened with coding. Programmers are a dime a dozen.
With all that negativity, I don’t know what the answer is, because AI is inevitably coming for a lot of white collar jobs.
Also, if every young kid goes to blue collar work it will saturate the market just like has happened with coding. Programmers are a dime a dozen.
With all that negativity, I don’t know what the answer is, because AI is inevitably coming for a lot of white collar jobs.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:28 am to blueboy
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Robots can weld so much better than you or I.
And at a lower cost.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:28 am to blueboy
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Robots can weld so much better than you or I.
I think his point is that robots are primarily used in shop spaces with production runs. Not in the field. Not saying it can't or won't happen, but a small mom and pop business won't be able to afford the computer driven fabrication machinery. And customers wanting something built on their land won't be able to afford the businesses that owns the AI driven welding operation at least in the near term. There will be a long term need for a good majority of welders. IMO.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:29 am to Roaad
I have a feeling that AI will take over most welding at some point. AI doesn't bitch or stop showing up to work because it's on a drug bender or in jail for not paying child support
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:32 am to BoogaBear
I think that’s what you want to believe. I listened to a tech guy say they had an issue that took a team of coders a month to resolve and implement and AI did it in a day. And AI will grow exponentially and explode in the next 36 months. Coders are far from safe. Really nothing is safe unless government intervenes with specific licensing/barrier to entry regulations. And do we even want that? It’s ALL about to change. And I’m not picking on you.There is very little I do that AI can’t do faster, cheaper and more comprehensively. And most people who don’t sweat for a living will find this out.
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 8:36 am
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:35 am to Tigeralum2008
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AI will take the welding jobs much faster than other blue collar occupations
Assembly line jobs, in general, will be in danger of being replaced by robotics, but that's been happening for a while now. AI will just make it happen a little quicker. But it always ultimately comes down to cost and where your break-even is. It is always about return on investment.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:39 am to Roaad
Robots can weld and they don't require benefits or breaks during the day.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:41 am to mdomingue
AI needs one thing above all: power.
"Learn to build power infrastructure."
Jobs related to this will keep you busy for the foreseeable future.
"Learn to build power infrastructure."
Jobs related to this will keep you busy for the foreseeable future.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:44 am to Roaad
you anticipating welders being in high demand in the states?
hope they can make good tik toks
hope they can make good tik toks
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:50 am to Roaad
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But the number needed will be greatly diminished
I am thinking no more than 20% of the current programmers will be needed in 5 years
None of this matters. Five H1Bs are cheaper than one citizen, and 20 Indians in Hyderabad are cheaper than five H1Bs.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:57 am to Lonnie Utah
Looks like he missed a spot in the middle. There’s a big hole in it
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:01 am to Roaad
The other AI ( actually Indians) is taking American tech jobs. Some will get hired back to fix AI’s mess but most will be replaced by other offshoring markets (Latin America/Eastern Europe).
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:07 am to Roaad
AI = Another Indian
All the coding jobs are certainly going to AI - All Indians
All the coding jobs are certainly going to AI - All Indians
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:08 am to Tigeralum2008
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AI will take the welding jobs much faster than other blue collar occupations
This. I saw a lot of vendors peddling and displaying robo-welders at the workboat show recently. It’s coming.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:09 am to NIH
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NIH
Blue collar circle jerk about something they don’t understand
They are the same ones saying we need infinite H1B because US college grads are too stupid and lazy and incompetent while automatically assuming every single Indian is super smart, competent and qualified
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:13 am to Roaad
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Where will all the coders go?
I am not going anywhere. AI cannot do what I do.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:19 am to Roaad
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Where will all the coders go?
There is no welding job of any sort that can be done by the best human welder that can't be done better by a machine....its just a matter of start up cost. Technology is replacing trade jobs faster than it is tech jobs and has been for about 75 years. Welding is a fantastic trade but it is one of the easier ones to buy a machine to replace a fleet of people in. The machine is damned expensive now but getting cheaper every minute.
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