What Did You Do Before Becoming A Truck Driver?

Did over 26 years in the military until I retired in 2012 (could no longer support what the current administration was shoveling). Professional logger for almost two years after that.

I was a cook and dishwasher with 5 kids...looked around one day and said..i gutta get a better job so here i am..

Worked in shipping/receiving at suppliers for large retail outlets for about 10 years... Ran the backstage side of a theatre with 3 different stages in Atlanta for 3 years... Was a touring lighting director for concerts... Stage rigger... Occasional churl and lout...

Worked in shipping/receiving at suppliers for large retail outlets for about 10 years... Ran the backstage side of a theatre with 3 different stages in Atlanta for 3 years... Was a touring lighting director for concerts... Stage rigger... Occasional churl and lout...

That's awesome! I managed a heavy metal venue in Virginia, and I toured as a merchandiser. I also did theatrical lighting and stage management, and worked for dance/ballet companies, opera comapnies, theatrical groups, and a Symphony. The road always calls.

Worked in shipping/receiving at suppliers for large retail outlets for about 10 years... Ran the backstage side of a theatre with 3 different stages in Atlanta for 3 years... Was a touring lighting director for concerts... Stage rigger... Occasional churl and lout...

That's awesome! I managed a heavy metal venue in Virginia, and I toured as a merchandiser. I also did theatrical lighting and stage management, and worked for dance/ballet companies, opera comapnies, theatrical groups, and a Symphony. The road always calls.

Who knows... We may have crossed paths or had some mutual friends! I was also on the payroll for the Atlanta Symphony for about 15 years. Did lots of gigs at symphony hall when I was in town.

Way too many things lol. Right before I went into trucking I was the custodian at my church. Before that I worked several retail positions, was a professional magician for a while, was in the army, weird in a factory......

I was a pharmacy technician and I taught part time at the local community college for the tech program. I was making decent money, but I turned 40 and thought that if I don't do something different I'm not going to have any money to retire on. I always wanted to go into trucking, even tried when I got out the Navy, but had to many speeding tickets.

So I've been at it for a few months now and I love it, wish I would have done it a long time ago, but everything happens for a reason.

10 year diesel mechanic and concrete hauler

I was a kid... and, well... I still am a kid.

I'm not in trucking yet but believe I will be in the next 3-6 months. I wanted to drive truck when I was in HS (late 70's) but alas the min age then was 25 or at least that's what I was told. Wouldn't have mattered anyway because I was married with a kid by 21. Anyway I did a bunch of odd stuff over the years including auto mechanic, optical lab tech, truck tire route sales/installation. The last 24 years I have been a registered nurse including 13 years in the ER. Most of those nursing years I spent as a travel nurse and worked from coast to coast including 2 islands in HI. Well I can't stand the industry anymore and trucking is my next career. I like money as much as the next guy but this career change is obviously not about money as I doubt driving will ever come close to what I can make now if I apply myself. I know the trucking regs will eventually drive me just as crazy as health care regs do now but it's different.