Wondering About You Truckers' Previous Careers

Lol nope hate those things i do wear gloves til they fall apart tho

 

Mirrored cause i can't find straight black dark enough...as for the chain that is the most ...i can't even find a word to match it...it looks like #### !

 

worked in home remodeling construction, concrete work, heavy road construction equipment operator, track vehicle mechanic in the army,

Other background includes a degree in Land survey/civil engineering tech and also in Industrial Management.

Was self-employed for 2 1/2 years as a manufacturing consultant writing quality control manuals. That went away when I deployed too many times with the army guard.

Worked for 4 years as a process engineering tech figuring out how to squeeze the most production out of a couple different work centers. Lots of times reviewing cost analysis and making hard decisions on savings millions of bucks.

Fell for the "gotta have a college degree" line and took it hook line and sinker.

The grass is not always greener. There's a lot of other suckers out there fighting for your same position willing to do it for less money than you are.

 

I worked on the drilling rigs in the oilfield. A bit of an accident and that was the end to that. Driving truck was the next logical thing for me.

 

Marine Corps/Vietnam
Police Officer
Retail Manager Trainee
Self Employed
Sold Cars
Banking World 30 years, downsized
Started Driving Truck at 64
May retire this year

 

Neighborhood babysitter as a teenager
Tech school degree in computer science
Computer programmer and built them
Mom and homeschool teacher for my kids
Divorced now what? Burned out on computer stuff.
Bookstore sales
Accounts payable/receivable in a company
Driving school
OTR Driver
Home for a while and retail sales
Driver and hopefully will be OTR again.


[FONT=&quot]I am amazed at what a lot of drivers have done. Wonder why so many can’t seem to spell or punctuate. You guys ever wonder about that?
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ran commercial fishing boats all my life until goverment regulation and family issues found it no longer feasible to continue. I previously owned and ran trucks with the boats late 70's and early eighties. So now I have moved to a buisness full of goverment regulation and yup there is still family issues but it is very peaceful here in the truck until i bump a dock. Ineed some coast to coast runs and no cell phone

 

Gateway computers for 9 yrs,got laid off and they paid for my truck schooling.Now here I am.Wish Gateway would re open,i'd go back there.

 

500th post!

Let's see, previous careers:

Construction / commissioning of utility scale wind turbines
Landscape technician
Standby generator service technician
Nationally registered EMT-Paramedic
I/T specialist
Electronics Technician
Marine diesel engine mechanic
Auto mechanic
Analytical laboratory equipment dealer
Commercial radio broadcast engineer
Turf equipment service technician
Retail computer store owner
Pizza delivery driver
Taxi driver
Carpet cleaning technician
Janitorial / floor technician
Internet service provider owner
Security Guard
McDonald's grill employee

Maybe a couple I left out / can't remember...

 

I was a wealthy phillanthrapist.