What was your pay your first year? (Bonus: robots)

If you can't, you're doing something very wrong.

Maybe.

 

my first year, I started in late June so I only really worked about 5 months. 26k.

 

I am a Robot. Google built me. Humans no longer drive. It is only we robots. Human truck drivers are no longer needed. You're too late. Sorry.

 

No. Artificial Intelligence is a man made fantasy that's just like vampires. There isn't anybody in the world alive today that can create a true AI robot. Even those machines that play chess; those are just programs.
See, my thinking is, one day corporations will get tired of not having real A.I. because scientists got stuck trying to recreate the brain. So, what will happen is that corporations and government will suggest more artificial tools in the work place for humans to take care of the machines which is basically going to force humans and robots to live and work together. Ultimately creating a more controlled planet. Either way, we are going to be phased out by our compananies and government.

 

If I average my pay per month from May through December '12 with Swift I made $38K. That was starting at $0.25 per mile, averaging 2500 miles per week. Pay raises along the way. Now they have a much higher starting pay. If you can't do at least $40K you are slacking.

 

Not robot has pallet jack skills superior to mine. I'm safe for a while.

 

My point is that no robot will replace an LTL freight P&D driver. They may one day replace OTR drivers, though. At least for the on-highway part. However, a driver will always be needed to monitor the equipment and drop/hook trailers, etc. But all that is decades away.

 

It is so easy a caveman can do it!

 

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