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Posted: 3 years, 2 months ago
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Hoping to get started in this career, what are my odds starting from zero?
I'm a young guy without anything really worth talking about. I've never driven anything bigger than an SUV, was never in the military, don't have any friends or relatives in the industry. I don't care about work-life balance or have any major life goals, all I want is something productive to do that pays enough to live, and being a janitor doesn't. Starting from nothing, what are my chances of getting a job at all, assuming I don't really care about the details? Is it worth going through the effort of getting a CDL, considering I'd have to take time off or even quit my current job to do more than an hour or two of training per day?
Posted: 3 years, 2 months ago
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Hoping to get started in this career, what are my odds starting from zero?
1. I've been a Janitor since I was 16, and before that I couldn't legally have a job.
2. Aside from two no-damage rear ends (to my car), I got hit once while pulling out of a parking lot. I got one of those "traffic school" things so it isn't on my permanent record, but I'm still worried about it.
3. I've been pulling long hours for years, that's no issue.
4. I'm no tourist, but I've never been the type to feel homesick. As long as I'm actually doing something I'm fine.
5. That would be twice my current income, so I'd feel pretty good.
I've been applying for those, but based on my current luck with job searches I'm not feeling optimistic. I went to college to get a bachelors in accounting, but it's been years of trying and thousands of job applications that all went nowhere. I had to move back in with my parents because my income wasn't enough to pay for rent along with everything else.
On a more hopeful note: how much down time do you get where you could reasonably use a computer? I have some friends trying to make video games and I'm doing the programming for them- not really a commitment, just a few hours a week here and there, but I wonder if I could still do that while at a stop or whatever it's called.