I'm heading out for CDL school next week. Got the physical and taking the learner's permit test tomorrow. I drove a bit in the Marine Corps for a while, but ended up working mostly on the logistics side of the house, so I finally get to go back to driving the big ######## again.
I'm also a computer programmer. Took a year taking game development contracts after I got out. That was nice and all, but trying to live on that is a bit tough, so I'd rather take all that experience and put it toward something else.... After a year or two in the saddle with a company, I wanna jump ship and go O/O. Pretty typical I guess, minus the whole game developer thing.
Howdy folks...
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So why would you want to be a driver with your education ?
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Education? The highest degree I have is a high school diploma. Everything computer development related is self taught.
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There's some real good companies to choose from for new cdl grads. Where is your city/state? Will you have endorsements?
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Well welcome to the biz then lol....enjoy the newbie driver life ...I been at this 30 or so years and it's to late to turn back now ...kiss your social life goodbye and enjoy living on 400 a week with a dispatcher up your Ying yang eatin fast food and pissin in a bottle ..it's the life !
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bzinger Lol, it might be crap, but sometimes crap is better than gold. Embrace the suck right?
Chinatown, OTR for sure. I like being away from home. Lived in a car before the military, wouldn't mind the upgrade. As for endorsements, I don't think I get any out the gate other than class A, but I want to push for a double/triple or maybe something HazMat. I did arms, ammo, and explosives driving when I was in, so I know a little bit there I guess. -
Well you got the right tude my friend and stick with Chinatown , he's the go to man here !
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All the other endorsements aside from Hazmat are just written tests, pretty easy also. Let @Chinatown know your location, he's the resident S2 on companies!
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Oh yeah, home on record is around Columbus MS.
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