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313 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 25 Apr \ on: Why the Trucking Industry is Short on Drivers? econ
I did short hauls driving with my dad before I got my first software job. People do not realize what its like at all. A lot has changed since then though. Very interesting post.
Where I live there is a high number of OTR truckers. Most are second gen or first gen American immigrants from either Mexico or India. I remember hearing 10 years ago that the jobs would be obsoleted by self driving trucks. That may happen but it isn't happening in the next few years IMO. I think its a good career option as long as you don't mind being on the road and away from home.
I think that's the reason lots of people aren't pursuing trucking as a career - the perception that self driving trucks will be coming along in just a few years.
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Its one for sure and maybe the primary one but as I said I was hearing that ten years ago. I don't doubt it will happen but its not a career that requires 4 years of crazy expensive college. I know a driver that switched to engineering pretty successfully because he was tired of being on the road. It's a low risk choice other than opportunity cost of course. But even with that it's lower than many other options.
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