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That just means that it doesn't pay enough though. Imagine this thought experiment, if you could make 1,000,000USD a year from being a truck driver, would you d
by pwagland 7y ago
That just means that it doesn't pay enough though. Imagine this thought experiment, if you could make 1,000,000USD a year from being a truck driver, would you do it? Even if that job only has a 3-4 year lifespan?
I suspect that most people would.
Obviously 1,000,000 is _too much_, but conversely whatever the current rate is, is probably too low.
- onion2k 7y agoYou're looking at the pay in isolation from other career options. Imagine you're 25 and looking for something long term. Do you do trucking knowing that it won't last and you'll have to change to something else later, or do you look for a different career instead? Everyone who thinks it through will choose something else. The current level of pay is attractive to truckers moving to other companies, but it's not much of an incentive to start trucking unless you have no other options.
- oarsinsync 7y agoIf I was 25 and offered $1,000,000/year for 2 years as a trucker, or $100,000 as a code monkey, I'd take the trucking job. It helps that I have the benefit of hindsight having only started my career in IT at 27, and done all sorts of other stuff before then, none of which had any long term prospects, nor did it pay $1MM/year.
- woodandsteel 7y agoTruck companies can't afford to pay $1,000,000 a year because the industry is too competitive, which keeps the fees trucking companies low. What is basically happening is the trucking companies are living with a shortage of drivers, and waiting for self-driving to arrive.
- randomdata 7y agoIf not a million, how about a billion? There must be some price where the cost/benefit analysis tips in favour of trucking?
- novok 7y agoI'd do a 2-4 year stint and with all of my extra savings from being paid $4 million use it to train for some other career I might enjoy better.