It Would Be Nice If A CDL Spoke For Itself.

I get the point

Steven, we're not convinced that you do, because your remarks speak volumes to the contrary. Perhaps it's just your sense of humor that we obviously don't seem to get. All I know to say at this point is something I've already stated to you, and it is important, you need to make haste about going ahead and finding some employment in the industry. After just about 3 or 4 months from the time you've gotten your CDL it starts to get harder and harder for any employer to take you seriously without requiring you to go through a refresher course.

Experience is everything in about every job out there. I've seen college grads with no experience get beat in interviews by a HS grad with 5 years of experience under his belt. I learned that in the Army pretty quick. Anyone with basic training under their belt means they have the basic skills to hopefully survive in combat. Once you get shot at a few times you learn to respect the experienced fire team leaders or platoon leaders and thank god it's not you doing the leading. Over confident and under trained platoon leaders are the ones that get people killed or end up getting killed themselves. My goal when I start to drive is not to get lots of miles and money, it's to learn as much as I can and work hard to prove myself and get the experience I need to be the best I can be. To me all that CDL does is give me a chance to do that. My guess is after your first year you'll see things a lot differently.

My guess is after your first year you'll see things a lot differently.

Amen to that! The only people who don't understand the value experience in a difficult and dangerous occupation are people without any.