Ride & Rant | Building A Better Blue Collar Worker

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What happens when the very trades we thought were “safe”—plumbing, electrical, mechanical—start getting designed out of existence?

In this episode, I’m talking about how blue-collar jobs, once considered irreplaceable, are now facing quiet extinction. Not because of robots or AI (at least not yet), but because of the way things are being built: sealed up, soldered shut, and packed so tight you’d need hours just to reach a $5 part.

From vehicles you can’t work on without removing half the engine, to toilets and switches that’ll soon come hermetically sealed—this ride’s about how design is slowly replacing the people who used to keep things running.

I also share why I stopped relying on pro mechanics, how the labor rate shot up from $75 to $140 an hour, and how learning to wrench became less of a hobby and more of a necessity.

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What’s Inside:
• The myth of trade job security
• Overengineering and inaccessible parts
• Planned obsolescence by corporate design
• Rising labor costs pushing people to DIY
• Why trusting your own inexperience might be safer than hiring a pro

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If you’ve ever looked at a repair job and thought, “Why is this so stupidly complicated?” — this one’s for you.

Let’s get into it.

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