Thinking of going into the trucking industry

So these few months I have been doing a ton of research in the trucking industry, there is a lot of bad but also good at the same time. Also, I been watching a lot of youtube truckers that tell the truth about trucking, but others are lies to get views. I know that no industry is perfect. But i am thinking of getting into trucking to change my life, I work a regular 9-5 job Mon-Fri and I was thinking about doing weekend classes for trucking because I live pay check to pay check. I actually have a BS in Kinesiology but the pay for this major is only between $11-15 an hr. I did get accepted into physical therapy school, but I dropped out because I didn't want to owe $250k (includes living expenses, plus a 6.8% interest rate). I still have school loans from my undergrad about $30k. After I dropped out of school, it took me 6 months to finally find a job, in this day and age, if you don't know anybody then your essentially screwed, unless you have really good profitable skills to show for the company, which i don't haha. My friend is a owner/operator in California and he's making as much as a college graduate, roughly gross of 90k but mostly net of 60k because of expenses. Anyways long story short, Im tired of living paycheck to paycheck and tired of clocking in and out, I rather be out on the road so it can teach me how to survive. I know trucking isn't for everyone but im willing to take that challenge. Any thoughts on weekend classes only and also any advice for a newbie haha.

 

Thanks for the reply. I am located in Chino Hills, CA. It's just that Im kind of hesitant to make the switch because of all the horror stories, but I will never know if I don't try and plus im tired of being broke and living pay check to pay check. Eventually I want to be an O/O or save enough to go back to nursing school.

 

You have a good point! Thanks buddy