I've been rehired, orientation is 2/6/13

Congrats That is cool as I am a web developer and wonder if I ever left trucking to program could I come back. I hope to keep trucking from now on but have a backup plan just in case.

 

It always good to have something to fall back on. As for training, I am out of the game. But there are quite a few trainers here that are looking for students. You should not have any problems getting one once your here!
Good luck and welcome back!

 

I left electrical engineering- more correctly, my career became a "tradable commodity"- for trucking. Programming is more like pulling teeth without Novocaine, and turning bean counters into roadkill was becoming a delightful daydream.



Welcome back to the insanity of it all!

 

Well I loved programming until they throw away all of the previous working knowledge of efficient code and replace it with something that works the same that you have to spend months studying to memorize all of the renamed functions. Once you learn that they throw it away and create something else. I got tired of feeling like I was in college every day of my life and wasn't sure when my skills would immediately become obsolete due to the new "hip" code! I rather drive where the basic knowledge remains the same... just get there on time.

 

If you fly, they'll give you the $173 against the price of the ticket. 10 cpm sounds like IRS reimbursement rates for business use of a car.

 

IRS mileage rate for a car is 56.5 cpm this year.

 

Hmmm... cheapin' out on the car is it??!!!!

 

Sounds like it.