#skilledtrades — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #skilledtrades, aggregated by home.social.
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In response to someone giddy over an imagined future where the only human job will be critical thinking, I tried to point out that bias may have blinded him to the thinking people already do.
What they are overlooking is the domain-level knowledge which keeps mechanics/electricians/plumbers/welders in trade schools/guilds/product manuals, truck drivers/bus drivers/pilots in trade schools/behind the wheel of specific machines for years at a go, engineers at university/conferences/industry papers/manufacturers data sheets and scientists/mathematicians at university/conferences/academic papers/libraries/research projects for the whole of their careers. They spend their lives to know how to make judgments on the decisions that the non-domain expert doesn’t even credit as a knowledge domain. If society doesn’t treat their particularized expertise as equally valuable, that doesn’t change that it’s the same human skills and effort to learn and gain the expertise to get the desired job done *right*. A lifetime of socialized specialization just so they can be judged on the fields they aren’t experts in.
People think all the time. And people are much more critical about the thinking of those in outgroups than their own friends, even when nearly everyone believes some crazy thing or has a blind spot in their thinking.
But white collar workers fetishize the forms of white collar management: memos, poster boards, diagrams, etc. without recognizing that the mode of education and prestige of the domain have little bearing on the quality of the thinking.
#CriticalThinking #DomainExpertise #SkilledTrades #HumanIntelligence #FutureOfWork #AI #CognitiveBias #DignityOfLabor
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In response to someone giddy over an imagined future where the only human job will be critical thinking, I tried to point out that bias may have blinded him to the thinking people already do.
What they are overlooking is the domain-level knowledge which keeps mechanics/electricians/plumbers/welders in trade schools/guilds/product manuals, truck drivers/bus drivers/pilots in trade schools/behind the wheel of specific machines for years at a go, engineers at university/conferences/industry papers/manufacturers data sheets and scientists/mathematicians at university/conferences/academic papers/libraries/research projects for the whole of their careers. They spend their lives to know how to make judgments on the decisions that the non-domain expert doesn’t even credit as a knowledge domain. If society doesn’t treat their particularized expertise as equally valuable, that doesn’t change that it’s the same human skills and effort to learn and gain the expertise to get the desired job done *right*. A lifetime of socialized specialization just so they can be judged on the fields they aren’t experts in.
People think all the time. And people are much more critical about the thinking of those in outgroups than their own friends, even when nearly everyone believes some crazy thing or has a blind spot in their thinking.
But white collar workers fetishize the forms of white collar management: memos, poster boards, diagrams, etc. without recognizing that the mode of education and prestige of the domain have little bearing on the quality of the thinking.
#CriticalThinking #DomainExpertise #SkilledTrades #HumanIntelligence #FutureOfWork #AI #CognitiveBias #DignityOfLabor
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In response to someone giddy over an imagined future where the only human job will be critical thinking, I tried to point out that bias may have blinded him to the thinking people already do.
What they are overlooking is the domain-level knowledge which keeps mechanics/electricians/plumbers/welders in trade schools/guilds/product manuals, truck drivers/bus drivers/pilots in trade schools/behind the wheel of specific machines for years at a go, engineers at university/conferences/industry papers/manufacturers data sheets and scientists/mathematicians at university/conferences/academic papers/libraries/research projects for the whole of their careers. They spend their lives to know how to make judgments on the decisions that the non-domain expert doesn’t even credit as a knowledge domain. If society doesn’t treat their particularized expertise as equally valuable, that doesn’t change that it’s the same human skills and effort to learn and gain the expertise to get the desired job done *right*. A lifetime of socialized specialization just so they can be judged on the fields they aren’t experts in.
People think all the time. And people are much more critical about the thinking of those in outgroups than their own friends, even when nearly everyone believes some crazy thing or has a blind spot in their thinking.
But white collar workers fetishize the forms of white collar management: memos, poster boards, diagrams, etc. without recognizing that the mode of education and prestige of the domain have little bearing on the quality of the thinking.
#CriticalThinking #DomainExpertise #SkilledTrades #HumanIntelligence #FutureOfWork #AI #CognitiveBias #DignityOfLabor
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In response to someone giddy over an imagined future where the only human job will be critical thinking, I tried to point out that bias may have blinded him to the thinking people already do.
What they are overlooking is the domain-level knowledge which keeps mechanics/electricians/plumbers/welders in trade schools/guilds/product manuals, truck drivers/bus drivers/pilots in trade schools/behind the wheel of specific machines for years at a go, engineers at university/conferences/industry papers/manufacturers data sheets and scientists/mathematicians at university/conferences/academic papers/libraries/research projects for the whole of their careers. They spend their lives to know how to make judgments on the decisions that the non-domain expert doesn’t even credit as a knowledge domain. If society doesn’t treat their particularized expertise as equally valuable, that doesn’t change that it’s the same human skills and effort to learn and gain the expertise to get the desired job done *right*. A lifetime of socialized specialization just so they can be judged on the fields they aren’t experts in.
People think all the time. And people are much more critical about the thinking of those in outgroups than their own friends, even when nearly everyone believes some crazy thing or has a blind spot in their thinking.
But white collar workers fetishize the forms of white collar management: memos, poster boards, diagrams, etc. without recognizing that the mode of education and prestige of the domain have little bearing on the quality of the thinking.
#CriticalThinking #DomainExpertise #SkilledTrades #HumanIntelligence #FutureOfWork #AI #CognitiveBias #DignityOfLabor
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In response to someone giddy over an imagined future where the only human job will be critical thinking, I tried to point out that bias may have blinded him to the thinking people already do.
What they are overlooking is the domain-level knowledge which keeps mechanics/electricians/plumbers/welders in trade schools/guilds/product manuals, truck drivers/bus drivers/pilots in trade schools/behind the wheel of specific machines for years at a go, engineers at university/conferences/industry papers/manufacturers data sheets and scientists/mathematicians at university/conferences/academic papers/libraries/research projects for the whole of their careers. They spend their lives to know how to make judgments on the decisions that the non-domain expert doesn’t even credit as a knowledge domain. If society doesn’t treat their particularized expertise as equally valuable, that doesn’t change that it’s the same human skills and effort to learn and gain the expertise to get the desired job done *right*. A lifetime of socialized specialization just so they can be judged on the fields they aren’t experts in.
People think all the time. And people are much more critical about the thinking of those in outgroups than their own friends, even when nearly everyone believes some crazy thing or has a blind spot in their thinking.
But white collar workers fetishize the forms of white collar management: memos, poster boards, diagrams, etc. without recognizing that the mode of education and prestige of the domain have little bearing on the quality of the thinking.
#CriticalThinking #DomainExpertise #SkilledTrades #HumanIntelligence #FutureOfWork #AI #CognitiveBias #DignityOfLabor
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Meta wants to turn AI hype into skilled trade jobs with America’s Workforce Academy
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/06/meta-skilled-trades-ai-workforce-academy/
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Google invests $10 million to teach factory workers AI as automation anxiety grows
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/google-ai-training-manufacturing-workers/
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As a person who comes from a family of electricians, I can tell you that the world needs more electricians and other skilled tradespeople. They can always find work, they make everything better, and they can point at the results of their labour and say "I helped make that".
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Nvidia's CEO just flipped the script on who wins from AI.
According to Jensen Huang at Davos, the biggest job opportunity isn't coding. It's electrical work, plumbing, and construction.
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Fearing AI job cuts, some young #workers in #UK shift to #skilledtrades | REUTERS
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Blue-collar jobs are gaining popularity as AI threatens office work
#HackerNews #bluecollarjobs #AIimpact #jobmarket #skilledtrades #futureofwork
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High-school shop students attract skilled-trades job offers
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/skilled-trades-high-school-recruitment-fd9f8257
#HackerNews #HighSchoolShop #Students #SkilledTrades #JobOffers #CareerOpportunities #Education
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📣 Calling all #OntEd teachers delivering #TAS1O or #TAS2O!
We're planning a conference for Oct 18 and want to hear from YOU!
💬 What topics, sessions, or supports would be most helpful?
Drop your ideas 👇 or DM me to connect!#SkilledTrades #TechEd #OntarioEducation #ExperientialLearning
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It may be end of term, but for some Conestoga hospitality and culinary students, the training continues! I spoke with Dux Donyll Menil, Sanskruti Patil, and Emilie Duffin (and some of their profs) about training for the Skills Ontario Competition
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Skilled trades can be inspiring vocations for young women.
One can only hope this eager teen will be well received as a welder.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/geraldton-giant-moose-sculpture-1.7263516
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I need to follow more furries working in the skilled trades. Furries working in tech are well represented in the Fandom but not so much with the trades. Are you a furry working as an auto mechanic like me? Airplane mechanic, heavy machinery, machinist, electrician, plumber, construction, welder, or any other trade? Are you in a union? Boosts appreciated! 🐻❄👍
#furries #furryfandom #skilledtrades #union #UnionStrong #automechanics
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Photo of the Day
There is no finer place to be reminded of the beauty that can come from skilled hands than in an old post office.
There, you can find lovely examples of the manual arts — woodworking, metalworking, glazing, and mural painting — skilled trades long out of fashion.
But the numbers of old post offices are dwindling, despite the best efforts of historic preservationists and community leaders to save them.
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Everyone says "Go into STEM! Er, skilled trades!"; sure, it has a kernel of truth, but let's take a look at the whole truth behind the hype.
Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2022/08/02/stem-skilled-trades-and-hype/
This post's featured photograph is "Steel Plant" by Jean Beaufort.
#careers #lifestyle #life #advice #jobs #college #degree #skilledtrades #tradeschool #STEM
