Took the long way around, but got my CDL!

Your training gets you in the gate. Now you'll learn the more difficult parts. No rush on a microwave if you'll be in the trainers truck

 

Your employer sounds decent. Here’s my advice:

1. AVOID any negative conversations about your employer or anyone in management. Most people are unhappy. Like @Chinatown would say, you can give a driver a million dollars and the driver will still complain. Conversation goes south? Instant silence. Don’t even nod or shake your head. If asked your thoughts, respond by saying that’s classified information.

2. You are riding with the vet to learn. Make absolutely sure that you learn everything the vet can teach you in 4 days. Don’t be scrolling on the phone when he’s at the wheel. Good drivers have a rhythm. The scanning of gauges, mirror usage, following distances, lane changes. A good driver will be buttery smooth behind the wheel. Crappy drivers will not be. Sawing at the wheel, stabbing the brakes because dumbarse doesn’t have full control of the vehicle, passes a slower truck and finally moves back right an 8th mile past slowpoke. You want your default setting to be baby butt smooth behind the wheel. Why? The lack of smoothness is what makes some trucks wreck on black ice and others don’t.

3. Keep your business YOUR business. I once saw 2 drivers compare notes. 17 year age difference. The older guy was in the Army. Younger driver’s mom was army and exactly the same age as the older driver. They were stationed in similar bases at similar times. Wouldn’t you hate to find out your friend caught your mom in her 304 phase? Small world.

 

Are you gonna be driving an 18 wheeler ?

 

Your license is what you have now, your company doesn’t understand how it works.

 

Congratulations!
Maybe your company has shippers that won’t accept a paper license.

 

Yes this right here