I make 6 figures as an electrician. Trades like mine may be the last safe haven from AI.

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Why the CEO of Ford wanted his 17-year-old son to get a blue-collar summer job

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A worker carries out welding operations at the workshop of a machinery manufacturing enterprise on June 13, 2025 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province of China.
Ford has been ramping up initiatives to address the large and growing shortage of workers in the skilled trades.

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