I was a _________ before trucking....

Professional Classical Musician

Accounting Clerk

Accounting Office Mgr

Asst. Corp Controller

Full time courier

Heading off to Lewiston ID for Training first week of Nov.

 

In my early teen's? lets see.. gas station worker, groccery store, marina, spent a summer on a sawmill, another running excavating equipment..

then, well, after graduating HS, I left for college, studying in mechanical engineering.

The summer after freshman year, I was driving tanker hauling fuel oil.

Throughout my next 4 years of college, I spent 2 years at another groccery store, then I was rebuilding Laser guided concrete screeds.

Then I took a job as a diesel mechanic for a local scrap company, putting in 50-60hours a week, on top of college. This summer, I ran out of $$ for college, but about that time, the company had an opening for a driver position, so I took it.

So hear I am, 24, 6 years of college, 2 classes away from an engineering degree, and back where I was at age 18, driving truck... funny how the world turns..

 

Stripper

Drag Racer

'Executive' Assistant AKA glorified secretary.

Adoption Coordinator

Hosting Provider

Web Designer

Mooch

Customer Service for SIRIUS radio

Customer Service Internet Tech for Taxcut.

 

Man don't worry about it. Things are tough right now, but eventually they will turn around. You can work and save your money for a bit then go back and finish your two classes.

Life takes strange twists and turns, but if you know where you really want to go, you WILL get there.

 

1978 computer operator on IBM mainframe in South Africa
1979 ambulance driver in South Africa
1979 construction in Dallas
1980 courier in Dallas
1981 warehouse/delivery Dallas
1982 lumberyard/delivery
1983 electronic assembly
1983-2006 Field service, telecom> Dallas, Miami, Houston, Denver, Memphis, Austin, Houston.
2006-2008 oilfield> S.Texas, Midland.
2008 til now, Moved to SoCal, detailed Harleys, starting trucking school 10-13-08.

As many on this site,I have done a lot of different things, now victim of our new economy and have wanted to do trucking for almost 30 years, now is the time!

 

Safety inspector, Virginia

 

worked at a service station through high school
4 years in the Navy, jet mechanic (phantom phixer)
back to service staion
kiddie photographer at k-mart
tried college
drug addict
warehouse work
construction (framer)
quit drugs
back to warehouse
then trucking

 

Might as well put me in , sold shoes in high school, gas station jockey, ran a car wash, sold cars, carpenter for 30 yrs, drove LTL FOR 2 YRS, NOW laid off from carpenter work, looks like back to trucking I guess.
Seems like everybody is something else but a trucker at one time or another.

 

Log home builder, Crane op, lineman

 

I was a Air Traffic Controller in the US Army 93C which Changed in 2003 to 13Q i started driving a 18 wheeler in march 2005