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Trade school graduates feel safer from AI than office workers

Original: I used to feel embarrassed about graduating from a trade school. But now my career is safe from AI.

A trade school graduate writing in Business Insider says they once felt embarrassed about their vocational education, but now see it as an advantage: skilled manual trades are far harder to automate than many white-collar jobs threatened by artificial intelligence. The piece reflects a broader shift in how vocational careers are viewed as AI anxiety spreads.

Why now: Growing anxiety about AI replacing white-collar work is prompting people to reassess the value of trade careers.

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