Codie SanchezFounder @ Contrarian Thinking

Will AI Steal Your Job

12 May 2025 · 1 min

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Short YouTube monologue by Codie Sanchez arguing that many blue-collar trades are difficult for AI to replace. Uses personal anecdotes—notably Spencer, a former software engineer who started a garbage company—to illustrate how combining white-collar skills with trades creates stable, lucrative businesses. The speaker recommends considering trades/business ownership now as college/tech ROI and job stability are questioned.

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AI is going to have a really hard time replacing this skill. So if you're looking for a stable job in this crazy time do not ignore the trades over tech trend college ROI being questioned. Just look at this but it's not just about stats. I've met countless humans this year with a similar story. I used to work on a computer all day long. I got laid off. I built a blue collar business. Now you couldn't pay me to go back. This is what I am hearing. Take my buddy Spencer for instance. Spencer was a software engineer and now runs his own garbage company. He gained operational and tech experience in his other work in real life something this is way more fun than I thought it was gonna be. And it's actually pretty easy to compete with blue collar businesses when you bring in a little white collar know how and now he's crushing it. So if there ever was a time to look at blue collar jobs and businesses it's now. The rich are moving their money and I think you follow it and also.