Any one in the Computer Field looking to go truck driving????

and an even more interesting point.

 

But don't forget the Sun, which promotes cataracts. And most monitors are away from the Sun, unless you don't mind replacing them often.

So glare and the Sun peaking behind your blueblockers are negative aspects of your eyes while driving. Jeepers creepers, gotta protect those Peepers

 

It is a proven fact that just prior to dying, 100% of the people were alive. There you have it, the leading cause of death is living...

 

Living people is your total population subset from which death is possible. This is different from observed conditions leading to death: much less a conclusive indication that it is the predominant cause based on empircal evidence

 

It's called sarcasm.

 

http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/irritated.htm

http://www.office-ergo.com/setting.htm

 

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I like to find this kind of information on here. Thanks for doing the math Truckin Juggalo!

Seems there was at least one other like this, that I forgot about. ?? Need to look for it again. I think there should be a thread just for statistics to ponder.

 

I'm currently in the Air Force and Ive done IT for 10 years. I am so ready to get out of it, it's ridiculous. Sitting in front of PC's troubleshooting and what-not lost it's appeal awhile ago. I separate in 2 years and I am looking forward tremendously to the change of pace. I've become interested in trucking as of late. The Roehl honor program looks most appealing to me.

I will admit thought that giving up the pay increase that I can obtain by staying in the same position when I go civilian, is tough to get over. I could walk in on my last day in uniform and then walk in the next day as a civilian.

But trucking seems so much more interesting to me right now

 

Otr? or Ice Trucking? or BLT? excuse me LTL?

 

I too am considering leaving IT to become a truck driver.

I'm not working at the moment and there is so much more competition now in IT that I can't find a job. My last computer gig was a technical support position where I also got to do some hardcore programming on a cool web project that was a big success.

It seems the need for programmers is decreasing (more technical skills) and the need for developers is increasing (more people and project management skills) but the old Catch-22 remains: you need training and experience to get the job but you need the job to get the training and experience.

Those five years in technical support were *the* most stressful in my life, but due to the environment not the work. Long story short, there was a change in company ownership and management that wreaked havoc across the entire organization. There was so much turnover, even at the executive level, that I became the senior employee at four years in! So I became the goto-guy for just about everybody; couldn't turn around without someone needing something from me. I don't miss that at all. Fortunately, they paid me well and made sure I had the latest equipment to work on. Plus, I had an office, not just a cubicle.

Since I have a degree in business administration and not in anything computer-related, it has been hard to get my foot in the door for anything other than a helpdesk position. Despite the web project experience, I can't seem to convince anybody that I'm a pretty good programmer.

Before that I was a driver and dispatcher for a small in-town courier service (packages or a couple boxes, for example) in central Ohio for nine years. I also wrote a new billing application for them in the downtime. I miss the road, the solitude, the fresh air, the challenge of safely and efficiently making deadlines, and, most of all, being able to look back at the end of the day or week and see everything I accomplished. We occasionally had long runs from Columbus to Cleveland or Dayton and I took those any chance I got no matter what time of day. I have made dozens of trips around Ohio visiting family.

I am very encouraged to know that other people with IT backgrounds have successfully made the switch. So I'm doing my research on companies and schools and the lifestyle. This forum has been a great help. I'm sure I could adjust to life on the road; I'm more concerned about driving skills, especially backing into tight spaces, but I guess the only way to know is to try.