Profile For Lee M.

I’ve been in finance/management/cubicle land for 30 years. As long as I can remember I’ve always thought about truck driving as a career, but just never pulled the trigger. I always took the “realistic”, predictable, comfortable road for a career. After 15 years at this last job, I decided I’d had enough. I resigned, and just got back from a week long 3000 mile motorcycle trip with a great bunch of supportive guys.

But, between the net and some of the honest answers I’ve seen on this site, it makes me pause a little. For example, from some of the math i've seen on the pay, it looks at times like you are consistently losing money. (I never calculated what I earned per hour in previous jobs, so I can't image it being much less. Ha.) My long-term goal is to be an owner operator in a few years or so, but I’m second-guessing myself after the constant negativity I’m seeing.

My bottom line is that surely the positives outweigh the negatives – otherwise no one would do this for a living, let alone make a career change into it. I’ve read some of Brett’s answers, and he is brutally honest – and not hiding behind the anonymity of some websites – I really appreciate that! I know it is case by case, and I have to make the decision to get into this career.

Do the positives of this career generally outweigh the negatives?