A proud doctor mom, first in her family to hit university, watches her son trade scrubs for wrenches and thinks, “Wait, did I accidentally reverse centuries of upward mobility?” In the AI era, plumbing is suddenly the “safe” job—robots can’t fix leaky pipes (yet), and data centers need plumbers more than coders need therapy. But the irony? Tech billionaires hype trades while mom’s like, “Honey, are you sure you don’t want to debug code instead of unclogging drains?”
Doctor Reels as Son Becomes Plumber in Age of AI
