[digdugdirk]

Side question - mind sharing a bit about your story? Some questions popped immediately to mind when I read your comment:

Which came first? Trucking or the CS degree?

Why trucking if you have the degree required to get a job sitting behind a computer vs sitting behind the wheel?

What're your general thoughts about the two industries/jobs?

[pungentcomment]

CS came first. At the end I had a small internet business at home that chained me to the computers. An alarm about a defective RAID just as I was starting a short vacation triggered the career change. I couldn't see myself go back into a cubicle and I always liked to drive so I decided on the spot to become a trucker. So I sold the business, took a course, pass the license and here I am 15 years later, 100 pounds lighter because I'm no longer behind a desk getting fat. I'm doing local and regional deliveries with a 53ft and have a 20km bike commute. I probably make 1/3 of what a computer job would pay but to me money is not everything. To tell the whole truth, I was simply burned out. I just came back to programming on personal projects just a couple of years ago and I love it.

As for comparing industries, I don't know, how can you compare when one has really small margins, has no technology besides tracking and logistics, is really change averse and has basically an un-educated cheap labor force and the other has hopefully good margins, a well paid skilled labor force and creates technology.

One thing for sure, a good or a bad boss is the same in both industries lol.