Why millennials should start considering truck driving...

[reasonable_doubter]

Why millennials should start considering truck driving

A 2017 report by the American Trucking Association noted that the industry needs to hire almost 900,000 more drivers to meet rising demand, while the latest jobs report noted that 185,000 jobs have been added over the past four months alone. Bottom line: this sector is getting desperate for talent, and the problem is only worsening.

"The average age of commercial truck drivers is 55 and rising rapidly,” said Jon Gilbert of PLG Consulting. "The concern is that older, qualified truck drivers are retiring, and we are not getting adequate replacement drivers.”

 

[.r.]

I thought robo-trucks would take over?

 

[Wargames]

I thought robo-trucks would take over?

I use to work for a truck rental company during the summers. If you speak English well and get a class A license it's a good job. Especially if you only have a high school diploma and have no problem working long hours (mostly alone). Save up buy a used truck (or lease one) then do that for a few more and get a fleet, then subcontract for someone else....... it's a decent way to make money but it's not easy. Long haul makes more but it's a lot more work.

Also a lot of truckers are stupid as shyt..... like holy shyt stupid. I think the job/loneliness leads most of them to losing their socializing skills and if they weren't that bright to begin with they just become worse because you are not using any critical thinking skills.

Also Robotic trucks are real but they will likely only replace long haul trucking and that is decades away.