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Dude, relax! You will be fine. While you cannot do over, so just do better.

 

While your situation is different from that referenced below, read post #19 in the following thread--and then think about it:

Thinking about getting CDL recently retired from AirForce | Page 2 | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum | #1 CDL Truck Driver Message Board (thetruckersreport.com)

This perspective should be relevant later...if/when you marry and start having children.

--Lual

 

You won’t have a problem. Ask on here about good companies, remember that there are good and bad with most of them.
Take your time, don’t hit anything. Get out and look. There’s absolutely no shame in it. Backing in in one shot does not necessarily make you an good driver. Not hitting things makes you an good driver.

whatever company you go with, stick it out for a year without any violations or tickets and you will have the trucking world open to you

 

It is more about accounting for time.
If you have gaps then fill them in. Taking care of grandma, cutting grass ( not smoking it), driving Uber . If you put unemployed you need a letter from someone saying you were unemployed.
This started after 9/11 to make sure you weren't in Iraq learning how to make bombs.
Just be careful and protect your CDL.

 

There are several starter companies out there. Some better than others. But, most folks don't stay with a starter company more than a year or two for a reason.
That said. A starter company really isn't such a bad place to get a start. They generally understand you lack actual experience and, good ones, will be able to help you get through it all and show the tolerance a new inexperienced driver may need in the beginning developing the right driver skills, running loads, dealing with all the 'unique' stuff truckers commonly deal with that non-drivers are clueless about. Stuff that companies that only hire experienced drivers will assume you know and can handle.
I'm a Swiftie, and they've been good with me thus far. So, I'm still with them. Granted, my priorities are a bit different than many. And, not everyone has a good experience with them. I'm not going to bad mouth any specific companies, but, there are a few that start with a 'C' and from everything I've heard, you may want to stay clear of.
Lastly, it is important, once you get on somewhere, suck up the stuff you may not like about the company and get that year. You get 1 continuous year, a lot of doors will open to you. At two years, almost all of them will be open. Once a driver has 5 years, experience isn't an issue anywhere. Even if you do end up doing a little job hopping, it won't be fatal. But, the better companies to work for will be much more inclined to pass you up and that leaves only the 'not so good' ones. So, your best chances really are to find a starter company. Use them to your advantage, learn the trade and how all this weird stuff actually works. Then, you'll have your best shot at getting on someplace that treats you well, pays well and is worth working for.
Best of luck to you!!!!

 

You’re 23…no one is going to expect much of a work history from you.

You went to CDL school and if you had a job prior, add that.

I suspect my own son probably won’t get his first job until he’s 30, lol. Younger generation smh.

Good luck, driver.

 

You're not alone there. I got one of those too. It really is a much different world than it was when I grew up in the 70's. I had a job at the local gas station pumping gas, FIXING SPLIT RIM TIRE FLATS!, etc. At 14! Ain't gonna happen like that anymore. Not saying it's bad, just different. The world one grows up with is always heavily influenced by the times. After all, my parents growing up years had a much different world than mine and my Grandparents before and on back. My parents generation used to lament about how spoiled and lazy my generation was and how I didn't know what a hard day's work was. I sure remember that.
Anyway, I always try keep that in mind about the world my kids are growing up in. It's relative to their times.

 

I was 40 when my son was born so it’s quite shocking to see the laziness. At his age now I was working, maintaining 2 boats, waterskiing and fishing (drinking on the lake) every chance I had.
Him, sits in his room playing video games 24/7.
Mom thinks he’ll become a Dr, lol

 

Mine's a bit different, but pretty similar. I had my 1st job at 14, joined the Air Force not long after finishing High School. By the time I was my son's age, I was an Electronics Technician with a Top Secret security clearance working on intelligence projects in Europe at the height of the cold war in Europe.
My son's a good kid with a good heart, but hasn't done much yet. But, my son does have aspergers and that is its own ball of wax. Totally possible he ends up drawing some kind of disability due to a lack of being able to fit enough anywhere to make it work for him. But, it is a much harder place than it was back then and much harder to support yourself than back then. I'm really not sure he could have made it back then either. God knows he tries. He tries #### hard. But, his brain just quite doesn't work like normal. I hold out hope he figures out a way and place he can make it.

 

Okay, your son is 30, living in your house with no job...

Isnt that kinda YOUR fault?

At age 18 (after graduating high school) in order to live at home the requirement was either be in college or pay rent or gtfo

(Im 39, on the older end of "those lazy millenials"

On the other hand if THIS is your son, encourage the hell out him to continue as he is, interest is the issue not work ethic (long youtube vid)