Having read on a previous post, that someone was going back to being a paramedic & I used to be a mental health nurse, was just wondering what careers people had before becoming truck drivers ?& do you any regrets leaving that career for truck driving.
Personally I have zero regrets about leaving nursing as I always wanted to be a truck driver, clearly wired up wrong ! (Self diagnosis)
I used to work in a call centre during my studies (gained a degree I’ve never used) then drove trucks for a while, now i work within the automotive parts industry.
Soldier.
I was a chef, trained at Lewisham College, worked everywhere afterwards from local hospital to Knightsbridge restaurant, didn’t like it though.
■■■■ star - honest!
But even that became a bit of a ball ache! 
butcher, RAF, driving, Recruitment, driving, recruitment etc etc etc
Merchant Navy & fisherman.
Apprentice mechanic
Wedgwoods pottery
Apprentice plasterer
Various crappy agency warehouse based jobs
HGV driver
I’ve worked as an engineer, aircraft engineer, lifeguard and a performance analyst for a championship football club as well as being on the Army previously.
Went from being a drivers mate on long loads to being the , well…driver 
Yard man in a builders merchants
Scuba diving instructor
Yard foreman in same builders merchants
HGV driver
Not sure if that is any kind of progression, but I’m happy!
I used to be normal
andi_cardiff:
I’ve worked as an engineer, aircraft engineer, lifeguard and a performance analyst for a championship football club as well as being on the Army previously.
where did it all go wrong?
6 months collecting waste cardboard
25 years electronic engineer in the Royal Navy
4 years running own company looking after other peoples houses
now part time lorry driver and part time sapeur-pompier for fun
Dogsbody in a brewery
Telecommunications operator (telegraphist) in the Army
Driving
Give me something interesting for £500 a week and I will add a new job to the list
cheekymonkey:
andi_cardiff:
I’ve worked as an engineer, aircraft engineer, lifeguard and a performance analyst for a championship football club as well as being on the Army previously.where did it all go wrong?
Exactly, performance analyst for football team, so paid to watch football. What a gig !
mjallby:
cheekymonkey:
andi_cardiff:
I’ve worked as an engineer, aircraft engineer, lifeguard and a performance analyst for a championship football club as well as being on the Army previously.where did it all go wrong?
Exactly, performance analyst for football team, so paid to watch football. What a gig !
Not as fun as you would imagine, took the joy out of watching I thought.
Anyway, had a few ‘issues’ after leaving the Army and have finally found something that keeps me relaxed and stress-free.
Fair play, same with my old career was not happy at all.Now like all jobs have bad days, but majority of the time enjoy my job.
BT fibre optic engineer, then sparky, now driver
trainee supermarket manager for Fine Fare
milkman
driving transit and trailer picking up casualty cattle/sheep etc for abbattoir
fork lift driver British Gypsum
night shift bakery worker
then went through both hgv levels through government sponsored training opportunities scheme in 1977
and been driving them for 37 years now.