I was a _________ before trucking....

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy (didn't like dealing with #### all day), then california Emergency Medical Technician (more #### but people are happy to see you unlike when you roll up with the badge), contractor, electrician, and Heavy Equipment Operator. Gonna continue heavy equipment operator, just got my class A again so that I can haul the bigger equipment, and also want to get some driving in between jobs.

 

Lets see for the last 7 years i was a maintainence supervisor for a church and I also worked in retail at Ace Hardware. I got my class A to drive big trucks as i have always had wanted to do since i was a little kid. So far so good.....way different than i could have ever thought it would be

 

I've done a little bit of everything. Have a 4 year degree in computer networking and security that is close to impossible to use as the economy is crap and the veteran IT guys are forced into lesser jobs drastically minimizing opportunities for the new guys. I'm sitting at my desk at a software company, but am barely scraping $31.5k a year, which is about $2k a month take home, and my rent is $1300 for a tiny 2 bedroom. This future is looking bleak and to be honest I've always rather have been a truck driver than anything else. And finally circumstances are finally not holding me back, so I hope to see you all out there on the road sometime in the near future.

 

Currently Healthcare Administrator for the Army.....getting ready to retire and away from healtcare......start CDL training in the evenings at the local tech school soon until I retire...

 

electronic technician for Lockheed Martin for Sniper ATP.

 

Can't resist, so...
Food service industry: fast food, hostess, pantry/salad bar, dishwasher
Retail: sales, manager, merchandiser, former mystery shopper
Educational: swim instructor, preschool instructor, tutor, daycare, teacher, homeschooling mom, water aerobics instructor
Office: receptionist, secretary, customer service, PITA telemarketer, bookkeeper
Miscellaneous: lifeguard, security guard, janitor, information research specialist

I really enjoyed reading this thread! Thanks, OP.

 

31 years at the gillette company fixing the machines that make razor blades,,,, job went to mexico (nafta) and so here i am.

 

I was in High school before I was a trucker....I started learning to drive a truck in my junior year and went to work driving full time the day after graduation.

 

Mowing lawns in H.S.
Cashier at a grocery store in H.S.
Volunteer Firefighter/EMT 80+ hours a week from the day I turned 16-present (almost 20)
Get ready to graduate H.S. and parents drop the bomb they won't sign the paper to cosign a student loan so I can't go to college .
Surgery that has been mostly a waiting game where I can't work because of all the appointments. Hope that'd done by June.
Already have my class A, so either tow truck driver or dump truck driver till I turn 21, then OTR for a couple years for XP, then hopefully a local driving class A driving job.

 

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