Hello from Iowa

Hey everybody.

So I'm a 39-year-old guy from Iowa who's wanted a career change for a couple years. I'm starting to give a lot of consideration to trucking, so I came here to do some research.

The reasons I'm leaning toward truck driving are that I'm kind of a loner, a total night owl, and I enjoy driving. I'm also not afraid to work hard, but appreciate it when my hard work is recognized.

I've got a family, so don't think I want to do OTR for the rest of my life, but I'm happy to start out that way, and hopefully after a year or two be able to get something regional that'll give me more home time.

I'm a little concerned about finding a job in the current economy, but I figure at least it's not a job they can send to cheap labor overseas.

Anyhow, when I signed up I got a PM saying to come here and introduce myself, so here I am. I'll probably be posting more in the newb forums.

Thanks for providing a good discussion group and for being so friendly towards newcomers.

 

No foolin', I say hi and first thing that happens is I get called fat! It's almost as bad as what happened to my friends UglyDon and PeteThePervert.

 

Sleeping from 1 to 9 suits me just fine.

That's pretty much how it works everywhere. Oh well.

True, but I've also heard that newbies are still being hired. And the economy seems to be picking up. Plus I'm not going to school without doing a lot of research.

That's the way it is in pretty much every industry. You want your job to be safe from immigrants, get a degree. Just not in computers, medicine, or the hard sciences, because I promise you there's a guy who studied in India who'll do that open heart procedure just as well as you, only for half the money.

It's the global economy and all that, and unless we get some protectionism going on (and here's a prediction: we won't), it's just something we've got to deal with.

 

Thank you, Nana. I'm going to try very hard not to be a poo-poo head.