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Trucking Careers for Aspies

Mattymatt

Mattymatt

Imperfectly Perfect
Office and cubicle situations are really stressful for me. I'm wondering what I can really do for a career. I kind of had a shutdown in IT. I was a mid-level systems administrator and could stand the social situation no longer. I kept being "thrown under the bus" by colleagues. I could never figure out the unwritten work rules or what have you. I desperately need a job where I'm left alone to do my job and leave at the end of the day. I don't do well with meetings and other office-related things. I'm thinking of trying truck driving simply because the pay is good, jobs plentiful, and I would be okay with the loaner lifestyle.
 
Sounds logical, I have often thought of it myself. It would not be a good choice for me personally though.
 
Oh my! I'm quite sorry to hear. How are you doing now?

I have an interview with Swift and another with TransAm, both next week. I must say I'm more interested in the TransAm job because the truck is an automatic. At least I could learn to handle a trailer before throwing in a 10+ speed shifter in the mix.
 
I thought we had a few more truck drivers here. But anyway, wondering how its going. I'm starting to look at options for myself, and this is one option that's come up....
 
I was going to go into trucking in 2012 but my luck ran out and got into an accident.

I'm in the process right now of trying to go to school for it I hope
 
Drove 44 tonne rigs for ten years before moving on to rescue and recovery. Used to do 'tramping' where I slept in the cab and stayed on the road for a week at a time. Given that I came into from being the CEO of a multinational I absolutely love it. In my head it is a great job for an aspie, most truck driving is you alone and the road. I worked mostly at night which was even better as I have light sensitivity, plus the roads are quieter.
 
I think that if I were not a writer I would have wanted to be a truck driver. I considered it (and the military) but I was already finding good things in IT that I wanted to keep. I still enjoy very long drives, and still occasionally think about what life would have been like if I'd done that. When my job includes long drives and customer interviews, that's a great thing.
 
Aspergirl4hire said:
I think that if I were not a writer I would have wanted to be a truck driver. I considered it (and the military) but I was already finding good things in IT that I wanted to keep. I still enjoy very long drives, and still occasionally think about what life would have been like if I'd done that. When my job includes long drives and customer interviews, that's a great thing.
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I actually went into the Marines when I was 18. I couldn't hack it for the wrong reasons. I am terrible at cleaning up and home mech the exercises were nothing looking back I wish I did the navy
 
Truck driving seems like a ideal job for a Aspie. I feel like my working career was successful because I have always worked as a field service tech and worked alone.
 
clg114 said:
Truck driving seems like a ideal job for a Aspie. I feel like my working career was successful because I have always worked as a field service tech and worked alone.
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I wish they let you get a student loan for this type of thing. I am from Illinois and needless to say if you're from this state every trucking school requires that you complete a trucking school before they will even consider you. Whenever there is training for those who do not have a CDL once they find out a person is from IL they tell you they don't consider our state for that
 
Experienced Truckies - Can you give me a sanity check please:
In NZ, truck driver license types are divided up by type and weight from class 2 (1 is normal car) to class 5 (being combination vehicle greater than 25000kg).
I'm interested in doing inter city/long haul rather than local delivery runs hopping in and out of the cab all day, but currently have only a car license.
I've found a driving course that will take me right through class 2 to class 5.
Does it make sense to make the jump all the way to class 5 in one go, or would it make more sense to work my way up with experience at lower levels first? My concern with going the whole way is that I may get myself into situations way beyond my experience if I go to big too soon.
 
I did all my heavy goods in one go over a period of three weeks. First vehicle I drove after my tests was a 44000kg articulated. Never drove anything smaller until recently.

For me, it was the way to go. You'll never stop learning in any truck even after 20 years. Driving the big bendies is actually easier than the smaller rigids, in my opinion.
 
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