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Nush knew by sophomore year that traditional college wasn't her path.
Automotive classes in high school led to NASCAR Technical Institute, then CNC machining when motorsport jobs required connections she didn't have.
Now she's built Sisterhood of Trades, a Discord community of 850 women worldwide supporting each other across different trades.
We explore why women still face basic safety issues like inaccessible restrooms and unlit parking lots that employers ignore while claiming to support women.
Nush shares the harsh reality where reporting harassment leads to punishment instead of accountability, how LinkedIn networking creates more opportunities than degrees, and the vision to fund scholarships providing toolboxes for women entering trades so they don't start behind like she did.
Highlights:
- How a worldwide Discord community of 850 women proves there's massive demand for peer support across trades.
- Why employers claiming to support women while ignoring accessible restrooms, lactating rooms, lit parking lots, and safe building access is empty lip service.
- The accountability gap where women reporting harassment about their bodies face punishment while leadership protects the men creating hostile environments.
- How university paths aren't the only option and successful fulfilling careers exist without the debt.
- The scholarship vision to provide toolboxes and resources so women don't start trades careers at a disadvantage.
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Welcome back everyone to Blue Collar BS. How you doing today, Brad?
Brad Herda (:I am wonderful Mr. Doyle it is Ryder Cup weekend here this weekend which you don't care about because it's It's golf. a golf. Don't worry about it. It's a golf thing. It's not you. It's me. It's all good. Exactly. 100 % you don't care about it. That's okay though.
Steve Doyle (:gonna say Ryder Cup. What the heck is Ryder Cup? What is that? Okay, yeah, it's that cow pasture pool stuff I don't care about. Yep. Yeah, that's one. You got that right. You got that right.
Brad Herda (:It's okay, see Ryder Cup right there. USA versus Europe.
Steve Doyle (:Ryder Cup, okay. okay. And that's thing? Every two years, like the Olympics? Every, well, but it shows every two.
Brad Herda (:every two years.
Brad Herda (:No, that's four years.
It does. It goes winter summer. It does switch off. So technically, yes, you're technically you are correct. But that's OK. Are you sure? Are you sure? OK.
Steve Doyle (:I know. And yes, I do know it's every four years per summer. I'm well sure. I'm well sure I'm a winter sports person. So you know, we're gearing up and we're loving it. So. So who do we have on the show today, Brad?
Brad Herda (:Perfect.
I am super excited for this show when we got introduced or we get to have Nush Ahmad Ahmed on the show. She is the founder of and CEO, CCO of Sisterhood of the Trades. Her background in the manufacturing trades, motorsports from welding, CNC machine, just metal processing, metalworking, quality performance, all those things. I'm super excited to have a young, energetic
Steve Doyle (:Yep.
Brad Herda (:Gen Z are on the show to talk about why and how and what and where we can go and get more more of you into this world, because it is a we need that very much so so noosh. Thank you so much for joining us. I'm super stoked for this show.
Nush (:Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here.
Brad Herda (:Because if this is if our show is anything like our pre-call part of this show was this is going to be absolutely freaking amazing.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah.
Nush (:.
Yes, the pre-call is always awesome.
Brad Herda (:It is.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah. So I brand already ruined the question. So we know that you are a Gen Z, correct? All right. Excellent. So tell tell our audience, how did you get how did you start going down this path?
Nush (:So I didn't, like most kids didn't know what I was gonna do when I was in school. I was taking a bunch of random classes and I was managing them really well, A's and B's. So most of my classmates and most of my teachers assumed that I was going to college. For what? I don't know. But in my sophomore year, I already knew I was sick and tired of this. I'm not going to school ever again. Like after my senior year, I'm done.
Steve Doyle (:Thank
Nush (:So, like, you know, done with this kind of school. So I started like researching what I could do. I'm kind of into cars at this point, but I don't have my license yet. And then I start, sorry, then I get enrolled in a driver's ed classes and I'm like, okay, this is a different type of thing. Like I can learn how to drive or I could learn how to fix my car. So I also enrolled, yeah, in my junior year, unfortunately I started late. I enrolled in automotive.
Steve Doyle (:Mmm.
Nush (:classes at my high school. And it was cool because when you get to like automotive too, you get to have it for two blocks. So I basically had automotive for half of the day. And it was then, yeah, it was, I like planned it out really great. And as a senior, mean, like even though it was COVID year, I was still able to come in for the hybrid classes. So I had basically auto the whole day in person. And then my zoom classes were all my like,
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:You know.
Brad Herda (:They were all sitting over there on the side.
Steve Doyle (:Yep. Yeah. Yeah.
Nush (:all the core classes. So exactly, exactly. And, and I'm, was networking a lot in that class, which I didn't even realize that's what I was doing. But my automotive teachers were like, you know, you might have a future in this if you think about it, like you, could enroll in an automotive school and it's most likely going to be free for you because you're a young woman.
Brad Herda (:Yeah, all those core classes, those are on the side. I'll be doing some breaks. I'll be changing some oil. I'll be taking care of some stuff.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:And was like, you know what? You're right. I have no idea what I'm going to do anyway. So I might as well do this. like, yeah, my parents might be mad for a little bit, right? That was, that's what I thought, you know? So like, it took a little bit of convincing a lot of, a lot of like,
Steve Doyle (:Hehehehehe
Nush (:performing, I guess, to be able to convince my parents, like, hey, I can do it. So I moved from Massachusetts to North Carolina when I was 18 and enrolled in NASCAR Technical Institute. And that was a really big deal in itself because, well, it's a really huge deal. my, like nobody in my family has ever moved out of state for school before. So being the...
Steve Doyle (:Okay.
Brad Herda (:huge deal.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:one of the only ones that's done that. It was a really big deal. And then I don't really have anything automotive related on my resume at this point. So having NASCAR being like the top thing, I was like, you know what? I'll get a job in motorsport. I'm really into cars now. Like by the time I graduated the high school, I had a Mustang. I forgot to mention that. So like, I was kind of obsessed and I was like, you know what? 2007.
Steve Doyle (:you
Brad Herda (:Old or new? Old Mustang or new Mustang? Okay, so new, I'll call that new. I'll call that new. I'm old.
Steve Doyle (:Okay. Yeah, that's newer.
Nush (:ish, new ish I guess, but now I actually have a 94 Toyota pickup so like what do you consider that?
Brad Herda (:I consider that fun.
Steve Doyle (:you
Nush (:It is very fun. that's the, I call it the shit missile. I forgot I could swear on this. So.
Steve Doyle (:Well, there's the name of the show.
Brad Herda (:Shit missile, I love that. There you go.
Nush (:Yeah. But, so yeah, I'm enrolled in NASCAR tech. I'm really enjoying my classes, but I'm realizing it's really difficult to actually get a job in motorsport with zero connections. Like I, I didn't know anybody. And I also like, didn't have my own tools. I bought my own tools as I was in school. So that was another thing. I didn't have tools until like, I think the second half of school.
Steve Doyle (:You
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:So I'm like, okay, I'm struggling to find a job in automotive. I'm struggling to get a well-paid job because I couldn't survive at that time on $13 an hour. Paying my own rent and all that stuff, it was not feasible. So I saw all these posters at the school for like CNC machining and then like right under it said $18, $19 an hour. I was like, you know what? That seems like a really good hustle. So let me apply. I'm like, it's in a automotive school.
Brad Herda (:I'm going go hustle be a machine operator. Perfect.
Steve Doyle (:All right.
Nush (:I mean, was like, you know what? $19 an hour. Perfect. And it was in an automotive school. I mean, how different could it be from automotive?
Steve Doyle (:Hehehehehe
Brad Herda (:How different can it be? I don't know, it's all ones, it's all digital, it's all ones and zeros and you watch things go around.
Nush (:Pretty different actually. like now I like looking back, I'm like, damn, I was kind of conniving. feel like, cause I like the interview process for my first machining position was kind of, it was wild. like didn't, it's not that I pulled things out of my bum. It's that I was kind of set the selling the part that I was, hold on, selling the fact that I really want to learn like.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:I'm excited by metal. I'm excited by cars. We're making automotive parts. I think I like this. Like just give me a chance. Teach me. I'll do really good. I'm I have a really good eye for things kind of bullshitting at this point because I've never I've never done this before. So like who knows if I have an eye for it. Turns out I pretty much did. Very weird. So I was like, okay, I got this. know how to do this. Now let me focus in on what I'm doing.
Brad Herda (:Weird.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:And then it was kind of like it, started researching all different kinds of machining processes. I wanted to learn like, what can you make? What do you mean? What can you make? You can make literally everything, everything gets machined. And then it like clicked for me. can make motor sport parts and then I can combine both of my passions. Cause all of a sudden this whole how it's made episode is now my passion. And I've always still liked motor sport. I'm like, you know what?
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm. And yep.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:let me find a job that combines both. So then for a little while I worked as a CNC operator at a valve machine shop and then I switched over to the Swiss lathe side. So I was running Swiss lathes with a older gentleman who taught me a lot and then he left. as since he left, I was like, you know what, I need to find a YouTube video or like connect with somebody or something. Mind you, at this point there was like nothing
on YouTube for Swiss machining. So I was like, okay, I'm gonna struggle right now. I guess I have to dust off my LinkedIn.
Brad Herda (:So is that where Ms. Swiss came from?
Nush (:That is where Ms. Swiss came from. Yeah. I was like, you know what? I'm going to rebrand a little bit. one of my mentors that, the owner of Madhouse Motors was like, you know, you need to have your own brand, have your own name. And so now I was like, you know what? I'm going to just take this one. This is good. And, God, I'm like blanking cause it's kind of a lot. So.
Steve Doyle (:All right.
Brad Herda (:It is a lot. That's what I'm saying is what you so so like what you've done is is nothing short of incredible in a very short career span and then and then go out and create systems of the trades on top of that.
Nush (:I can't even remember most of it.
Steve Doyle (:Yup.
Nush (:Thank you.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:Yes, that's like honestly my favorite part of what I'm doing with my life right now.
Brad Herda (:Where where did that come out of? How did that? How did the sister of the trades? How did it? How did it get birthed?
Nush (:Yes, yes. Okay, so I was on TikTok and, no, I wasn't on TikTok. One of my friends from TikTok invited me to be on the Snapchat group chat and I was like, you know what? I wanna do it. Do you know what Snapchat is? Okay, okay.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah. Yes.
Brad Herda (:All these words are being thrown out, Steve.
Steve Doyle (:I know, I'm like, what? It's how I communicate with my daughters. That's the only way they talk.
Brad Herda (:Yeah, I do. I don't have it, I, but yeah, I'm okay. All right.
Nush (:Oh, that's cute though. If my dad added me on Snapchat, would block him ASAP though. I just want to put that out there. ASAP. Dad, if you're hearing this and you make a Snapchat, block. Anyways, anyways though, what was I saying? Oh, right, right. Yeah. And so she adds me in, there's about 30 girls at
Steve Doyle (:Hahaha!
Brad Herda (:All right. So you got, so we're on to the trades. We've got Snapchat and Tik TOK going on here and.
Nush (:in this group chat and it's a group chat for women in the trade. So I'm like, obviously I want to be in it. And I'm like, we're kind of getting close because it's only 30 girls, but then there's more girls being added. And since I'm like kind of one of the girls from the beginning, I connected with, I'm going to use the word connected a lot, but I connected with the girls who made the group chat, Carly and Zoe, who I was like, you know,
You could make this into like kind of a big thing. Like you're already surpassing 200 girls on Snapchat. We might need to, yeah, we had 200 girls on in the Snapchat group chat and it's like, my phone is so slow right now. All working in the trades. Yep. Or all some of them, some of them are in school too. So.
Steve Doyle (:Hmm.
Brad Herda (:All working in a hands-on... Okay, well, but they're in a path to be working in construction, manufacturing, wherever.
Steve Doyle (:Nice.
Nush (:to be in a trade. Exactly. so Carly is like, you know what? I think I could do it in a discord group. think you can add like up to thousands of people in a discord server. Really thousands. I thought it was just like 1000 or 2000. Oh my God. Okay. So that's a game changer. We already have 850 women in our discord server right now. And so they're all either working in the trades or
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Brad Herda (:No.
Nush (:studying to be in the trades. They're either in like they're either apprentices or in the union, non-union. We have a bunch of different chat rooms for different trades. We also have chat rooms for like different states and provinces. And then we also have like a chat room for Australia because we do have a couple members from Australia. We're hoping to expand that a little bit more.
Brad Herda (:This show is listened to in Australia pretty well too. I got two friends that are down there listening to show on regular basis, so maybe it'll get some extra traction.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Nush (:yes. I'm currently working on our website, but our website will have basically all the information that we share on our Discord. So we share anything from...
job opportunities, advice, like attire that's like really good on the work site. We take pictures and we send them to each other. There's also a server, or not a server, a community chat for like moms who are in the trades because I think that's a really big deal. And I think, you know, their struggles should be highlighted and they should be able to talk with their sisters about that kind of stuff.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Brad Herda (:I had no so I'm not gonna lie here. I saw it. I'm like, okay, this is something cool neat, whatever This is more than cool and neat. Whatever. This is how should I say it? fucking massively important
Steve Doyle (:Okay.
Nush (:you
Nush (:Yes, and like these women are really active in these groups and like they're always talking about, need, I need a community, I need friends, I need other women in the trades. Okay, here you go. We can set you up with that.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Brad Herda (:So what is one of the things employers should be considering to do in order to support women in trades, manufacturing, et cetera? What should employers be very conscious of to be inviting or opportunities or what are you hearing in your group that says, man, this sucks or I wish this would change?
Nush (:Okay, good opportunity. This is a really good opportunity. a lot of women, a lot of women need, we need restrooms that are accessible and specifically for women. Like this is a very big deal.
Brad Herda (:Yes, it is. That's why I asked the question.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah it is.
Brad Herda (:Yes, you are absolutely correct because you don't want to go into the other janitorial room over there.
Nush (:Exactly. a lot like a lot of the women that are on site are telling me like we have no bathroom. A lot of the times I have to go like two buildings down to use the restroom. That's crazy to me. Like I've been blessed to work in places where I have had like a designated restroom. I'm very grateful. I've never had to experience that other than like in a science school once, which is like far, far like another life ago.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:But it's crazy like that. They have to deal with that. And then the moms in the group chat are also talking about, I know this might seem very difficult, but I don't know what the word is, like a feeding room for when you're, you know? What is the word? Lactating? Like they need their, a mother room.
Brad Herda (:Yep. Yeah, it's a lactating room, mother room, right, pumping room.
Nush (:It would be nice and I know some people might push back and say, that's just extra. That's not necessary. Working moms are still working people and they deserve the amenities that they need. Especially if they have a kid, like to deny someone of that is wild. Maternity leave I know is very important and I know in the union, those have gotten better, I believe. I'm not in the union, so I cannot speak for that though.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:and
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:What else?
Nush (:Unfortunately, a lot of the women do like rant in our group chat about certain behaviors. And like a lot of them are very into like, know people are going to be like, well, you got to be like thick skinned when you're in the trades. lot of these behaviors are very intolerable. Like you should not be doing this to anybody. And yet you think it's okay to do it to one of us. So like, guess just companies being conscious of your employees behaviors. And if, if a woman, if a
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Yep. Correct.
Nush (:If one of your employees, not a woman, one of your employees comes to you with a complaint about another employee, and even though she's a woman, don't fire her, hear her out, and don't ostracize her for making that complaint. Don't make it weird, because I know a lot of the girls also feel that way. They're like, I'm scared to make a complaint. I know I have a voice, but then I lose everything else. And I understand that too. That is a very difficult place to be in.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Brad Herda (:I cannot say thank you enough for sharing those those opinions.
Steve Doyle (:No. Yes. Yeah, but actually. If for our audience, because our audience is expanding, are you comfortable enough like kind of laying out one of like an example for our audience, like very specifically without naming names, but like situate a situation or scenario that should not be tolerated, but is currently going on.
Nush (:Of course. Of course.
Nush (:Yeah, let me actually pull up some receipts and find something. Because, I have...
Steve Doyle (:Yeah.
Brad Herda (:I got a receipt right here too, it's from Menard. So I gotta send it in. Oh, not that kind of receipt, sorry.
Nush (:Fun fact in our disk where we also have several community servers several several community chats where like girls could talk about their hobbies if they like cars they could talk about cars if they have something they want to get off their chest they could rant about it They're like exchanging music recommendations all that kind of stuff. So anyways, I'm in the rant session on right now
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:Okay, so I mean...
Steve Doyle (:name names.
Nush (:One of, no names, one of our members feels that.
there's a lie that's been told in a lot of shops and it's that we support women because hold on
No, never mind. I'm not gonna use that one actually. Hold on.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah, that's fine.
Brad Herda (:But she's not wrong either because there are many there are many here shops in southeast Wisconsin is like, yeah, we support and to your point of there's not a restroom. There's not a parking lots not lit. Door. Door. Doors are entryways are are not in ideal locations for how to get into the building or they're around.
Steve Doyle (:Correct.
Nush (:Parking lots not lit is a really good one. Doors don't lock.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm. Yep.
Steve Doyle (:Yep.
Nush (:Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Brad Herda (:You got to come around back and it's not well lit, things like that. Just stupid things like that that are not stupid. That was the wrong word to use. Awareness, being situationally aware of what your employees feel and go through as leaders and owners. You're not putting yourself in their shoes or taking that into consideration when you say, we support women, but you don't do any of the things.
Nush (:Yeah.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah.
Nush (:Yeah.
Brad Herda (:because it might cost you money if it lights up.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:I I would say a problem that's still a problem is one of our members had reported some issue back to her foreman and she still got punished about it. So like that happens a lot. I don't know how she was punished, but it happened.
Steve Doyle (:Do know, do you have information like on the, what the issue was?
Nush (:I might have to scroll up very far to find it.
Steve Doyle (:okay. No, it's fine.
Steve Doyle (:And it's more just to help educate our listeners.
Nush (:I found it. Unfortunately, it's-
original poster was very tired of the comments coming from men about her body. On site, it's like they can't control themselves.
Steve Doyle (:Got it?
Mm-hmm. Okay.
Nush (:So that, like honestly that kind of sucks.
Brad Herda (:It does and.
Nush (:for her to get punished for reporting something like that is also like that's so demoralizing. Like she's your employee. That's crazy.
Brad Herda (:Correct.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm. Yeah. And people should feel comfortable going into work without feeling or having that beratement actually happen. then for leadership, foreman is a form of leader. And then for leadership to put the onus back on the person for being who they are is also a problem.
Brad Herda (:correct and there are.
Nush (:Exactly.
Brad Herda (:Correct. And if that organization is not recognizing that we're almost into 2026 here and what is acceptable and what is not acceptable from, you know, 1972 to what is today, even though it may have been acceptable, it still wrong in 1972. Let me just clarify that it was still wrong. All those things. It's a
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Brad Herda (:That's just a litigious risk for them that they're putting themselves into because now all of the things that you guys are doing in your community all have There is no more. It's just a rumor. There's you there's documentation. There's cameras. There's things there's other things like Yeah, That is that is not good
Steve Doyle (:yeah.
Nush (:very nasty behavior.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah, and people are being consistently recorded, whether they know it or not. just saying, employees are now taking advantage of recording situations like that.
Brad Herda (:So, so tell us about your next gen manufacturing podcast that you have.
Nush (:yes, well it doesn't actually stand for manufacturing. just stands for motherfucking G. Like M-M-G, like motherfucking G. like, cause I don't want it to be only about, I don't want it to only be about people in manufacturing. I want to open it up to both men and women who are either in the trades, own businesses, or are somewhere in like the STEM industry.
Brad Herda (:MFB. OK. OK. All right.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah, let's go.
Nush (:Specifically people who did not go to college, but I do interview college students only if they're related though, you know and Just to kind of show kids parents and other people that there's other options that aren't like the university pathway and they are very successful fulfilling and the best part is your kid isn't a depressed mess like that that should be the like main thing, you know what I mean, but
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:Apparently it's a piece of paper with a little signature on it that's like a really big deal too.
Brad Herda (:Mind sitting over there and on my shelf that I've pulled out of a basement container that had been sitting there since 1993 so It's like okay that the poem it doesn't matter
Nush (:wow.
Nush (:Actually, I totally joked though, because I actually do want to go back to school one day to get an engineering degree. I do want to study that, like, in depth. But that's like a way future thing. That's like a
Brad Herda (:Right, that is a very specific field that has, right, from that technical standpoint that needs all of that education to go through all those things. And that's where education is, I think, in a world of hurt because this device right here can provide you so many opportunities to learn, to learn that I don't, why am I spending $60,000 to sit in the university, I'm sorry, $85,000 to sit in the University of Michigan
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:With a lot. Yes, like.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Brad Herda (:to do a business administration degree. What am I doing that for? Right?
Steve Doyle (:Hey, what? Come on.
Well, that one I agree with you. I'll agree with that part.
Nush (:He said, I'll agree with that.
Brad Herda (:Cause I mean, why now if I'm going from an engineering nursing doctor, right? Those technical, gotta be certified. got skills. I gotta do these things.
Nush (:Right, those... that makes sense. I want my doctor to be degreed. By the way, like, I know I was talking shit about it. I love my college graduates, okay? Like, I love you guys. I love... I love you guys. I know, they have enough love. So, back to trade students, though. Wait, what was the question, though? Cause I kinda like... I have tangent too far. right, my podcast. Okay.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:They're all good.
Brad Herda (:Hahaha!
Steve Doyle (:Yeah.
Brad Herda (:Oh, we were just talking about the podcast. The other question I have is talk. What's What's this tech force foundation all about that you're a brand ambassador for?
Steve Doyle (:Yeah.
Nush (:well, yeah, I think it was something I signed up for like two years ago when I was still in school. I don't really know if that's like honestly still valid. But back when I signed up for it, it was I put it on my LinkedIn because I was like, you know what, this is more exposure to me. And technically it really was. So that's another thing like I want to focus on on my both my podcast actually is
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:LinkedIn and networking and using the right names in the right places because a lot of the times both girls and boys we do a lot of things and we sign up for a lot of sort of like we get a lot of certifications study a lot of things and we don't realize how much that can affect what we choose to do as a career you know what I mean like if you just go and connect on LinkedIn with the person that not with the person but like
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:with anybody that works at the company that you're interested in learning more about, that opens up a whole new dimension, I would like to say. Because when I first started connecting with people on LinkedIn, I was like, wait, they're messaging me. Wait a minute, I have an in now. So that is also kind of what encouraged me to post more on LinkedIn because I didn't want to seem like a bot either. I know that there's a lot of those on LinkedIn. Thank you. Thank you.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Brad Herda (:You're not a bot. You're not a bot. You are awesome.
Steve Doyle (:Nope. Nope.
Nush (:But I was like, there's a lot of random bots on LinkedIn though that will connect with a bunch of different people. So I'm like, I need to stand out. need to be very obvious that I'm a person. So I talk a lot about people. I talk a lot about culture. I talk a lot about manufacturing. And a lot of it is like, funny enough, fun. I don't know how to say it. A lot of it is like kind of abstract and almost unprofessional. Not unprofessional, but like very.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:authentic. Like I just type and write and post, which I probably should probably like I should probably proofread myself a little bit more before I do that. But
Steve Doyle (:Yep.
Steve Doyle (:Nope. Nope. Nope.
Brad Herda (:It's okay. No, because then it becomes head trash and then you gotta worry about it then it takes too long and then...
Steve Doyle (:Yep, don't, no, no, take it from somebody that falls into that trap. Don't just do it, do it and go. Just send it, just send it.
Brad Herda (:Thanks
Nush (:Okay, I got you. So... Got you.
Brad Herda (:All right. So, so this is the portion of the show where we are going to go through some rapid fire questions for you. They can be a one word answers. They could be, you know, short, but they're just, they're meant to be, here's some things. What's the dumbest thing you've ever heard in the meeting?
Nush (:Okay, okay.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah.
Nush (:I can't remember. I don't know. I usually just clock out after work. I'm clocked out.
Steve Doyle (:All right.
Brad Herda (:Fair enough. What blue collar scale do wish people had more of?
Nush (:technical writing. Is that blue collar skill? That's not really a blue collar skill, but like...
Brad Herda (:I think it is because because you got to understand it right how it works where it goes. This just can't be the thing he goes in there and it rolls can't do that.
Nush (:Yeah, I feel like...
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:Yeah, feel like, yeah. It's like a writing, that's not really.
Brad Herda (:Okay. What's your go-to excuse when you're running late?
Nush (:Well, my boss is pretty chill like that, so whenever I'm late, just... Morning, James. And he's like, morning, Noosh. Nothing on that, actually.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah
Brad Herda (:All right. Favorite adult beverage.
Nush (:I don't drink.
Brad Herda (:Okay, that's okay.
Steve Doyle (:Ooh, that's fine.
Nush (:A really good, wait what's the word, really good mocktail, any fruity mocktail? I'll fuck that up though.
Brad Herda (:Pretty much up. Okay. Go to curse word.
Steve Doyle (:Okay. All right.
Nush (:Probably fuck.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah.
Brad Herda (:Favorite candy.
Nush (:At the moment, Smarties.
Brad Herda (:Halloween time so of course text or call.
Steve Doyle (:Nush (28:59.434)
text. I hate phone calls. Don't ever call me. Please text me.
Steve Doyle (:you
Brad Herda (:let's see. Dream job as a kid.
Nush (:race engineer but that was when I was a sophomore so does that count as being a kid?
Brad Herda (:That's good. Absolutely. Steel toes or sneakers?
Steve Doyle (:Absolutely.
Nush (:Compositors.
Brad Herda (:enough. Fair enough.
Steve Doyle (:Ooh, all right.
Ha!
Nush (:Yes, I just got a, I just literally got a pair, um, cause I won a giveaway. So I'm so freaking excited to unbox them, but I know, I already know they're purple because I like got to pick them. And I'm so excited. You guys are probably see a LinkedIn post later, maybe tomorrow. We'll see.
Brad Herda (:Nice. Favorite pizza topping.
Steve Doyle (:That's awesome.
Nush (:broccoli. I know it's weird but broccoli and cheese I mean like people have broccoli and cheddar casseroles so like it makes sense. It tastes really good.
Brad Herda (:Hmm, okay.
Steve Doyle (:Ow.
Brad Herda (:Right? No, can. I can come. I can understand that, especially with the crust on top of that as well. Last thing you. Last thing you googled.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah? Alright?
What?
Nush (:Yes, or buffalo, buffalo chicken.
Steve Doyle (:Yeah
Nush (:making chips podcast episode.
Brad Herda (:Hahaha!
Steve Doyle (:Hahaha!
Nush (:Hold on, it's not even loading but it's...
Brad Herda (:Favorite music.
Nush (:Ooh!
I listen to everything, so that's kind of hard. West Coast rap, West Coast rap right now.
Brad Herda (:Okay, but pick what's your favorite though? West Coast rap. All right. Okay, living or dead, who would you want to have a conversation with? If you could pick anybody in the world, in history, living or dead.
Steve Doyle (:West Coast rep. All right.
Nush (:sounds really good on subs.
Nush (:My grandfather, my dad's father. I've never met him and I want to know if his opinions are the same as my father's and if I could do anything to change them.
Steve Doyle (:Alright.
Steve Doyle (:hahahaha
Brad Herda (:That is awesome. So how do people find, how do people get involved with Sister of the Trades? How do people find you, get a hold of you? Where do you, how do you create all of this great goodness that you're doing?
Steve Doyle (:That's fantastic.
Nush (:Yes.
Nush (:So you can find Sisterhood of Trades on LinkedIn, TikTok and Instagram at the Sisterhood of Trades or not at the without the the and our website will be soon published. So just wait on that. You'll find all of our information there. You can find all of our links there. You'll be able to find all of our blogs there. If you're interested in reading our blogs, you should check out the Sisterhood of Trades LinkedIn. And if you're interested in joining our discord server, check out our Instagram.
And under the bio, there's like a link and you can join there. have a short verification process and then you're in. And then if you want to connect with me, you can always do that. If you look me up, noosh Ahmed on LinkedIn or noosh rot on Instagram, as well as my podcast next gen MFG on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. I think that's it.
Brad Herda (:Don't call her though, because she's not gonna do it. Do not call.
Steve Doyle (:Just don't call.
Nush (:Do not call me. You'll never find- you shouldn't find my number. I took it off my resume, but like don't- please don't call me.
Brad Herda (:There will be absolutely no answers, no returns, no nothing.
Steve Doyle (:I love it. I love it. I could appreciate that. So that's fantastic.
Nush (:No.
Brad Herda (:Awesome. This was spectacular. This is is above and beyond what I thought this conversation was going to be. So thank you so much for sharing. And there is so much opportunity with your Sister of the Trades program and things you guys got going on there from so many different angles and opportunities. It's it's going to change. It's going to change the environment for sure.
Nush (:I forgot to tell you what our dream is though, as the Sisterhood. Also, it's for co-founders. It's me, Carly, Hannah, and Zoe. And our dream is to fund scholarships for girls in the trades and call it the Sisterhood of Trades Scholarship. Because when I was in school, I didn't have a toolbox. when I was younger, I didn't have a toolbox. So it would have been nice to go into school with something like that. So being able to give someone something like that.
Brad Herda (:Okay.
Steve Doyle (:Go for it.
Steve Doyle (:Mm-hmm.
Nush (:to kind of encourage them to take this path has always been a dream of mine. So it's exciting that it's starting to become a reality.
Brad Herda (:There is no doubt that that will happen. There is no doubt as the doors will continue to open because you're doing things for the right reasons and that will bear fruit for you. I am highly confident of that. So, Dush, thank you so much for being on the show today and being part of our little journey of the Blue Collar BS. The award-winning, the two-time award-winning.
Steve Doyle (:Right.
Nush (:Thank you.
Steve Doyle (:Okay.
Nush (:Thank you.
Steve Doyle (:Yes.
Steve Doyle (:Two time.
Nush (:Two time award win- I can't wait to start saying that. Oof.
Brad Herda (:two time award winning podcast, the Blue Collar BS show. Back to back twice. So thank you so much for being here today.
Steve Doyle (:Do time. Back to back.
Nush (:love.
Steve Doyle (:Thank you.
Nush (:Of course, thank you for having me.
Brad Herda (:Absolutely.