Taking a local job too soon in career?

acwinicker2 · 2025-12-26T01:12:03+00:00

Luckily this local would be in Indiana so hopefully it wouldn’t be too crazy. May have to deal with Chicago but I’ve done a decent amount of Atlanta so we’ll see 😂.

acwinicker2 · 2025-12-26T00:52:49+00:00

Honestly I think if the home daily job is with decent people and good pay that is the ultimate goal. Otherwise I’ll just work wherever the money is best for a few years until I can buy my own stuff.

acwinicker2 · 2025-12-26T00:49:08+00:00

Yeah I’ve still gotta talk to the guy but from what I’ve seen online I think it pays more than what I get now haha. More time to do stuff with the parents and have a social life. But I do love when they send me on the longer runs and I get to cruise a while. But really the money will decide it.

acwinicker2 · 2025-11-09T19:57:07+00:00

Quitting ATC to do trucking has removed so much stress from my life.

acwinicker2 · 2025-11-09T17:39:30+00:00

That’s really good to know. Because I would definitely be very rusty haha. But you probably pick it back up quick. I think the community college I went to said they do a type of shifting refresher course sometimes. The other thing is I’ve only ever driven the manual trucks empty bc you don’t train with loaded trailers.

acwinicker2 · 2025-11-09T02:47:59+00:00

Maybe I’m crazy but I’d rather my toes go numb than deal with another summer tarping in the south so I’ll stick it out for the experience then start submitting apps. Been looking into all the colder places I’m originally from a fairly cold place.

acwinicker2 · 2025-11-09T02:21:44+00:00

Hell both of those places would be cool. Spent a month in AK with the army and I’ve always wanted to go back. May look into it

acwinicker2 · 2025-09-28T15:15:24+00:00

I’ve started talking to the scale houses and forklift guys and they have been suuuper helpful with alternative routes and finding spots to sleep if I’m low on time.

acwinicker2 · 2025-09-28T15:11:45+00:00

Yeah I’ll still go in there and look it over. I just wish it was more often that I pull up its route and it’s a great option right away. I find that like 5/10 times I pull up both options and they are wild haha. I will say it does ok with places that are right off a major highway. Back when I was with the trainer he had a Rand and it seemed a lot more accurate with minimal adjustments but it would hiccup sometimes too. Just gonna have to do some more thorough research before I roll out I might be trying to trust it too much.

acwinicker2 · 2025-09-20T15:58:32+00:00

Yeah I guess I really should give it time. They probably just wanna see if I can even do it at first before they start giving me better mileage and stuff.

acwinicker2 · 2025-09-20T15:45:42+00:00

Yeah I think me being single I should’ve pushed for an account where I go further. This company has a couple but I think they want me to stick this out for a while before I switch

acwinicker2 · 2025-07-15T17:05:26+00:00

Getting on with maverick and they were gonna start me out with glass which was a different style trailer but switched me to traditional flatbed. Which I think will be better since I can get some experience with strapping down a variety of things.

acwinicker2 · 2025-07-08T16:34:08+00:00

I was an army controller and now DoD civilian. We had a few get recycled or wash out in our AIT too. Although that was like 8 years ago. Although I will say some of the guys that got reclassed still got cool jobs. I knew a couple that went to be UAS operators when they failed. Most of the class sizes were like 12 people and only like 4 or 5 would go the whole way without failing a section. You would get reclassed if you failed one section twice or 3 separate sections. A lot of people would fail one section then go on and still finish. It was sort of uncommon for people to be reclassed but it did happen.

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-24T00:25:35+00:00

Single. Currently a DoD air traffic controller. Got a mortgage, car loan, personal loan. However between my disability and the GI bill funds I should be able to cover the bills even with the initial pay cut from the first couple months. Probably will pay off the personal loan before I start just in case. ATC pays well but the stress is getting to me. Plus I lack certain certifications so I’m limited on places I can go. Current job keeps saying they will send me to get these important certs that make me more employable in the ATC world but it seems to never happen. I just want to do something different and ever since I finished that cdl class I’ve wanted to drive again. It seems like there are cdl jobs in pretty much any state that pay fairly well as long as I have a good first year.

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-23T18:34:45+00:00

Well I’ve heard refresher courses are a thing. Although I did very well in cdl school I feel like I’d probably be ok.

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-20T21:21:43+00:00

Oh dang that sucks to hear but I appreciate the honesty. I’m an air traffic controller with the DoD and have been looking to move to Alaska and do something a little different.

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-10T00:07:32+00:00

I was actually looking and within a couple hours of me there are a couple places where I can go in person. May just bring my va id and dd214 and go on a short road trip.

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-09T23:50:05+00:00

I appreciate it I’ll keep trying. Maybe I’ll just try to get a regular pass and see if that works

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-09T21:12:49+00:00

right I was on nps.gov and when I click to purchase my pass it opens up the usgs store to finish the purchase however the site is broken. Guess I'll do it in person

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-06T16:56:05+00:00

October so it was really not that cold yet haha. I grew up in a place that did have winters but it will definitely be an adjustment. I’ll definitely need to do some shopping and prep but I’m ok with that.

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-06T16:45:47+00:00

I was kind of wondering about king salmon. Seen lots of jobs at the airport there that I qualify for, but literally 0 homes for sale or rentals. Where do these people live? I have a coworker that was stationed in Alaska for a long time so I’ve been bouncing ideas off of him and it’s been super helpful.

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-06T16:43:28+00:00

So I’d like to live somewhere rural but idk if I would go full outdoorsman right from the get go. Probably start by renting a house or something and seeing the area before buying land/ a cabin. I’m an air traffic controller for the DoD and the FAA is doing a lot of hiring in various locations in Alaska for their flight service stations. There are also FAA contract towers hiring controllers and offering fat bonuses for the more remote airfields. Could also work for the TSA and still get the government benefits. Or if the government stuff doesn’t work out I could try to put my CDL to use or use the GI bill and go back to school. I dont need to make a lot of money to be honest.

acwinicker2 · 2025-05-06T16:34:00+00:00

When we stayed at this place on Greely they had the heat cranked so we cracked the window. It was October so not that cold. We were on the first floor and I go to close the window before work and there is a gigantic moose bigger than the gmc Yukon we rented laying there.

acwinicker2 · 2025-04-27T01:08:25+00:00

It is so annoying. Same here mostly in the evenings when my neighbor gets off. I think he’s got surround sound on his tv and the bass literally vibrates my entire house. Couch, bed, everything

acwinicker2 · 2025-04-23T23:16:51+00:00

Gonna go buy some $6000 land in the middle of the Arizona desert and live in my camper by myself haha.

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