Will AI Make the Trades More Valuable? | Esteban Legarrea :: Ep 297 Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast

Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast · Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 49m · transcript

For decades, skilled trades were often treated as Plan B while college was sold as the path to success. That equation may be changing fast.

Electrical-industry sales professional Esteban Legarea joins Jim for a conversation about AI and the future of blue-collar work, college debt, learning through experience, building customer relationships, the realities of sales, and accidentally discovering a career he never knew existed. Esteban shares how he went from waiting tables to the warehouse floor and ultimately found a career he genuinely loves.

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