Truck driving is not "BIG MONEY"

Your profile page Diantane "quote"

"Joined Averitt Express. Driving a 2017 Volvo VN VHL. Go home every weekend and earn twice as much as working 7 days a week with Schneider".

 

#### Schneider drivers only make 14K per year!

Just trying to put numbers together around this post!

 

Not everyone wants to attend college.
I certainly didn't, but pushed into it. I quit without telling anyone and joined the Navy. I told my parents after I was sworn in and ready to leave for basic training in San Diego. No regrets at all. College isn't for everyone.
My sister went to a university and became a doctor. I'm not jealous, I'm happy for her.
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I "attended" two schools and hated every minute of it.
Vanderbilt University and Cumberland Law School. Wasn't impressed with either and they probably weren't impressed with me. I tested and qualified for both, but travel is in my blood and the Navy had what I wanted and so did long haul trucking.

 

I do over 100k consistently. It’s there if you can find it. I see lots of college educated people out of work with a pile of student debt.

 

Poor mechanics always blame their tools. I know several people who went to college and now they're waiting tables. A degree is not the end all be all in making a decent living. If you're not ok with making 28k/year, change it.

 

We get out of life only what we ask of it.

 

not sure what your deal is. I have a college degree and I know a bunch of people my age (50s) driving who had degree'd careers before. Sometimes things go to heck. I would have to leave my home to do my job in another city now. But I could probably make 28k at home doing something different, retail maybe. I'm almost double that at less than 2 years in. How much time do you take off? Home every weekend or some such?

 

Im doing hazmat loads for hurricane relief making $60 an hour 24 hours a day at the moment idk if thats considered big or small or somewhere in between

 

Same story here.
Sis spent 5 years at Northeastern University. Worked hard, putting in big overtime at one of the highest paying hospitals in the country. Saved her money. About a year ago, at 55 y/o, retired VERY comfortable. She retired just before the virus BS hit(talk about luck).
I'm am very happy for her.
I am happy being a flunky driver and wouldnt change a thing, career wise.
As the ole saying goes, different strokes for different folks.