Wondering About You Truckers' Previous Careers

In my 20's waitress/manager, 30's-48 plant work will going to school for AS. Then stayed at the same plant just moved up the food chain. Laid off went to different plant. Hated that job. Quit job I hate Apirl 2011...Went to truck driving school. Start my 1st day of driving Monday 16. I have always wanted to go places and see new thing but it has never been the right time in my life for me the leave my hometown. I think it is the right time now.

 

I am still a A&P mechanic. I'm just doing the trucking thing because I've always wanted to, and because Aviation isn't doing so well these days so I want to have a backup skill if I ever get fired from a job. Plus, I needed my CDL to drive the fuel trucks at the airport.

 

I worked in the hotel industry for 13 years. Most of it as a manager.

 

its hard not to whine when you have an over paid,stuffed shirt bully cant find his way out of the office without stealing the drivers money,dispatcher.running you into the ground threatining your job if you dont do what he says(so he looks good to his boss).welcome to the truck.hope you can handle it.

 

auto mechanic,auto body,restorations,flatbeding,tanker,dbls,ltl,otr,23 years @ the wheel,never a dull moment.miss being home w/wife and kids every night.gotta pay the bills.been w/25 different companys,never fired.had to move on.o/o is where its at if you dont deal w /dispatch very well. wish i found landstar 20 years ago

 

Before trucking i had my own clinic as naturopathic physician in Germany. I also lectured, contributed to medical TV-documentaries and wrote articles for medical magazines.
What happened?
.... I simply got burnt out by the politics / medical wars inside the industry.

 

Restaurant Manager in my 20's, twice-degreed wanting to join Law Enforcement Administration but lost my left foot in an unfortunate accident in '94.

Trucking has been pretty good to me since then. Trucking has put food on my family's table and has gotten me though some pretty hard times. I'm doubt I will ever do anything else in this lifetime.

I once knew a driver who earned a Master's at Julliard and performed with the NY Symphony for a while. It would surprise most people just how educated Truckers really are, and how diverse their background can be.

 

I was an EMT/Paramedic. And i am going to be again in a few months i have to take a refresher course. But i am giving up trucking, so yall that are still doing it be safe and i hope i never have to see any of you while at my new job.

 

Like Hootie I to was an A&P mechanic for five years. The day I turned 24 I signed up for CDL school. Ten years later I have never looked back. Still tinker with planes on the side, but I belong in the truck!

 

I started off in the offshore oil industry in the Gulf. Did some construction after I had to leave that job for some health issues. Did a stint in the Army as a medic and earned my EMT - Intermediate certification but never pursued it in civilian life. Worked in the warehouse setting as a forklift operator for a bit before going into trucking.