Welcome • User Guide
ToS • Privacy • Canary
Donate • Bugs • License

©2025 Poal.co

720

Mike Rowe: “We’ve been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code.”

“Well, AI is coming for the coders.”

“It’s not coming for the welders, the plumbers, the steamfitters, the pipefitters, the HVAC, or the electricians.”

“In Aspen, I sat and listened to Larry Fink say we need 500,000 electricians in the next couple of years—not hyperbole.”

“The BlueForge Alliance, who oversees our maritime industrial base—that’s 15,000 individual companies who are collectively charged with building and delivering nuclear-powered subs to the Navy … calls and says, we’re having a hell of a time finding tradespeople. Can you help?”

“I said, I don’t know, man … how many do you need? He says, 140,000.”

“These are our submarines. Things go hypersonic, a little sideways with China, Taiwan, our aircraft carriers are no longer the point of the spear. They’re vulnerable.”

“Our submarines matter, and these guys have a pinch point because they can’t find welders and electricians to get them built.”

“The automotive industry needs 80,000 collision repair and technicians.”

“Energy, I don’t even know what the number is, I hear 300,000, I hear 500,000.”

“There is a clear and present freakout going on right now. I’ve heard from six governors in the last six months. I’ve heard from the heads of major companies

Source (x.com)

>Mike Rowe: “We’ve been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code.” >“Well, AI is coming for the coders.” >“It’s not coming for the welders, the plumbers, the steamfitters, the pipefitters, the HVAC, or the electricians.” >“In Aspen, I sat and listened to Larry Fink say we need 500,000 electricians in the next couple of years—not hyperbole.” >“The BlueForge Alliance, who oversees our maritime industrial base—that’s 15,000 individual companies who are collectively charged with building and delivering nuclear-powered subs to the Navy … calls and says, we’re having a hell of a time finding tradespeople. Can you help?” >“I said, I don’t know, man … how many do you need? He says, 140,000.” >“These are our submarines. Things go hypersonic, a little sideways with China, Taiwan, our aircraft carriers are no longer the point of the spear. They’re vulnerable.” >“Our submarines matter, and these guys have a pinch point because they can’t find welders and electricians to get them built.” >“The automotive industry needs 80,000 collision repair and technicians.” >“Energy, I don’t even know what the number is, I hear 300,000, I hear 500,000.” >“There is a clear and present freakout going on right now. I’ve heard from six governors in the last six months. I’ve heard from the heads of major companies [Source](https://x.com/Holden_Culotta/status/1945545385516437787)
You are currently inside a comment thread.
Click here to see all the comments (7).
[–] • 3 pts

See it in my field too. It's rare new hires make it 6 months. The new head/leads are people who have done this for less than a year in many cases. Millennial and Z don't wanna do this. During Covid, I saw it in the store too. Everyone would do it for a week at most then leave to go back on unemployment

[–] • 3 pts

Someone needs to start a movement ... to kick their unproductive kids out of their basements and force them out into the real world.

It's hard for me to believe that is the general trend now. Sad. How far the work ethic has fallen. I've never collected unemployment or any free thing in all of my life.