I used to feel embarrassed about graduating from a trade school. But now my career is safe from AI.
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The perceived AI risk map in labor markets is diverging from the actual one—hands-on, credentialed trades are gaining relative status as white-collar automation anxiety rises. Workforce planning should assume more friction hiring mid-level knowledge workers than skilled technicians over the next cycle.
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