Wondering About You Truckers' Previous Careers

yep perhaps you are probably right whats that they say......"those were the good ole days"

 

was in warehouse work for over 20 years , got tiered of bosses breathing down my throat and the non leadership of the teamsters running my local and bad contracts and kinda liked the feeling of being more independent as far as work went. Took a job with transam and instead of sticking to my guns signed a lease , Big mistake on my part but tell you what i loved what i was doing . now after recouping and being laid off at home I'm getting back on the road after 14 months .. think first before you decide and ask questions . I'm a hard worker and always have been but most lease programs out there are made to keep you broke and behind the wheel delivering their freight cheap or for free so stay away from the lease crap and good luck. this post was not started to knock trans am it was just my personal experience that i could not make any money in their lease program after the first 2 months other than that i have nothing bad to say about them.... looking forward to getting back on the road again . be safe drivers

 

Picked berries, apples, and cherries in the orchards around our house
Waited tables
Pumped gas
Cleaned motel rooms
Put plump ladies on exercise machines in a spa
Did drafting and built wing ribs in an airplane factory
Worked in a movie theater
Did security in a big factory
Did security at a power plant
Did drafting at a coal mine, at a coal fired power plant, at several nuclear power plants, and at an architect's office
Worked reception at a hospital emergency room
Worked in a rubber fan belt factory (not very long!)
Sold Avon - sucked at it
Tended bar several times
Worked on a road crew getting asphalt samples for testing
Did drafting in a surveying office
Started my own surveying company and had it running for 10 years
Did police dispatch for 2 years
Was police officer for 9 years
Had retail store for 2 years
Now doing independent hot shot and love it!

I really had to think, I've always worked and probably left out some of the shorter jobs. Just kept moving up to better stuff when I could and liked to try new work.

 

Firetfighter
General Laborer
US Navy 8 years, worked Air Traffic Control Systems and Satellite Com
Telcom Industry for 25 years - started as a tech and was in executive management within 5 years.
Loan Officer for a couple of years. Went back to telecom as a consultant, then Obama was elected, the contract terminated and all the jobs dried up.
Which led to truck driving.

 

paper route boy
bag boy
dish washer
bus boy
detailer
parts assistant
customer shuttle driver
tile installer helper
granite installer helper
car salesmen
wholesaler
sales manager
repo man
owner op under my own authority
trucker since 2002 on and off.
company driver for the last two years...

 

Police officer,,,,Deputy Sheriff and now enjoying life as a driver....

 

I'm currently in Logistics (warehouse) as a lift operator, delivery driver, paper route, numerous retail stores and a dairy queen as my first job. wow a lot of ex military and police become drivers.. interesting! Will soon (hopefully) add Professional truck driver to that list.

 

Worked on farms as a kid, a couple different machine shops, 5yrs as a farrier (horseshoer) 12yrs driving.

 

I think I spent a lot of "wasted" time, on careers that I thought would provide a consistent income, over the years.

In no particular order...

Radio
Programming
Web Development
Oil Field Trash
Prior military ( that I wish I had stayed and retired )
Furniture -- only thing I haven't done there...is sell it.
Business Manager -- My own and others.

 

Let's see....military (Coast Guard), chef, professional musician, cop, commercial fisherman, carpenter, merchant mariner, equipment operator, stevedore, arctic oil pipeline maintenance, bar tender, bouncer, tv cameraman, radio dj. Yup, I think that about covers it