So what did you do before getting into trucking?

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  1. ChicagoDave

    ChicagoDave Bobtail Member

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    I have my Bachelors in Information Technology. I worked in IT for about 15 years.

    I got sick of companies restricting Americans pay while importing H1b visa workers and paying them more.

    Also I hated being on call 24/7 like a doctor. Of course I was salaried so that meant no OT. I make more trucking than I did in IT.
     
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    Before I got into trucking I was a sophmore in high school.
     
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    1996 to present USMC GySgt. I retire in a few months. I'm still trying to decide what company to start my trucking carrier in.
     
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    Are you staying in SoCal?
     
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    I was a beer taste tester. Got fired for drinking too much. Can't rember the name of the company.... I'm better now.
     
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    I'm not sure yet...I'm open to relocate to other states if the job is there & cost of living is affordable.

    Going back out into the civilian world is a little nerve racking for me, I've spent half my life as a Marine & all of my adult life in uniform. Finding work has me stressed out the most.
     
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    Worked a choke n puke from 16 to 18, loading dock from 18 to 21, been driving in one form or another ever since, 39 years old and counting
     
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    Thank you for your service Marine. God bless you.
     
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    Was a general manager of a Domino's, the highest volume one in a huge metro area. Which was impressive to me being only 21 and the fact that I smoked a pound of weed a week and somehow managed to take anything seriously.
     
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