Sydney Lake at Fortune reports that for decades, the standard formula for financial success was the same: Go to college, get a degree and land a prestigious white-collar job - probably a Lawyer, Consultant or Investment Banker. But Entrepreneur and Author Daniel Priestley is sounding the alarm on a major job-market shift - suggesting the traditional hierarchy of labor (White-Collar over Blue-Collar) is actually flipping. Priestley, Founder and CEO of Dent Global, an entrepreneur accelerator, said he’s observed that the nature of the economy is changing so rapidly that he envisions a future in which “Plumbers regularly earn more than Lawyers,” as Blue-Collar roles are elevated while professional services face unprecedented disruption from Artificial Intelligence (AI). He argues we’re witnessing a “swinging pendulum” in which the high value once placed on “White-Collar work behind a screen” is moving toward “Blue-Collar work with your hands.” Other CEOs - like Ford’s Jim Farley, have sounded a similar alarm, arguing there’s far more demand for Blue-Collar work than there are people who want to do it.

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