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While AI can now write better code, people are lacking vital hands-on skills such as electrical work, CNC operations and wielding.
The post sparked a debate about the divide between blue-collar and white-collar jobs. (Representative Image)
For years, we have been taught to romanticise the corporate life. Starting from school and continuing through college, the narrative has been the same: study hard, get a degree and land a 9-5 job at a high-rise building, enjoying the comfort of desk work. In India, tech jobs are the most sought-after career path as students are pushed to master coding, move to metro cities and climb the ladder of promotions. But as laptops replaced toolkits, artificial intelligence has already begun replacing coders. An X-post by an entrepreneur has captured this striking shift.
The entrepreneur, in his thought-provoking write-up, highlights that while AI can now write better code, developers are lacking vital hands-on skills such as electrical work, CNC operations and wielding, aka trades essential for building and sustaining factories. His post also sparked a debate about the divide between blue-collar and white-collar jobs.
“For 10 years, India told its kids: Learn coding. Get a laptop. Move to a metro. Now, AI writes better code than most juniors. But no one’s teaching: Welding, Electrical, Tool and die, CNC ops, Maintenance. Everyone wants to own factories. No one wants to work in them,” read his note.
How People Online Are Reacting
“Factory mein actual kaam karnaa padtaa hai. 12 hrs at a stretch at times!!! (In factories, people have to do real physical work, often for 12 hours straight.) White collar body shops enjoy endless chai-sutta breaks (sometimes 50% of daily clocked hrs)!!! Why would anyone bother?” commented a user, breaking down the reason as to why people prefer working in corporate firms.
Factory mein actual kaam karnaa padtaa hai… 12 hrs at a stretch at times!!!White collar body shops enjoy endless chai-sutta breaks (sometimes 50% of daily clocked hrs)!!!
Why would anyone bother???!!!
Echoing a similar sentiment, another wrote, “If you call yourself an engineer and you graduated without these skills, shred your degree. It is worthless in the real world. If you call yourself an engineer and refuse to work in production or construction, you are totally useless to me.”
If you call yourself an engineer and you graduated without these skills, shred your degree. It is worthless in the real world. If you call yourself an engineer and refuse to work in production or construction you are totally useless to me.
– Chandan Ganwani (@chandan_ganwani) July 19, 2025
This person pointed out, “Try working in an Indian factory, I genuinely don’t blame people for not wanting to go through that shit. Low pay, no ventilation, safety hazards at every step, poor equipment.”
Try working in an Indian factory, I genuinely don’t blame people for not wanting to go through that shit. Low pay, no ventilation, safety hazards at every step, poor equipment.— . (@CapitalsLad) July 19, 2025
“No nation can progress by downplaying skills & rewarding desktop jobs. We are committing blunder after blunder by neglecting engineering skills and encouraging liberal arts,” read a stern remark.
No nation can progress by downplaying skills & rewarding desktop jobs. We are commenting blunder after blunder by neglecting engineering skills & encouraging liberal arts !!!— Adv AV Sivasankaran. (@AvSivasankaran) July 19, 2025
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