gezt:
Whirlwind:
Stonemason, if the pay was better I’d leave the truck tomorrowdaughter works admin for stonemasons, her lads on good money.
I worked on Salisbury Cathedral for years , it’s a job they expect you to love and look good on your c.v not a chance to get rich from , although I hear that some good wages in granite worktops
Left school for apprenticeship in car mechanics. Left after 3 month. So bored
Telesurveys. Paid for alcohol
Industrial operative at a nuclear power plant. (Cleaner) 
Farm worker for 10 years on all types of farms
Truck driver
No regrets about becoming a trucker. Best career move to date and not a hope.in hell would i go back to farming now
Whirlwind:
gezt:
Whirlwind:
Stonemason, if the pay was better I’d leave the truck tomorrowdaughter works admin for stonemasons, her lads on good money.
I worked on Salisbury Cathedral for years , it’s a job they expect you to love and look good on your c.v not a chance to get rich from , although I hear that some good wages in granite worktops
i did the granite worktops and its only good money if you put the hours in or own the company. However a lad trained up in fitting them went self employed as a fitter and charges around £300 a job now. Some days he doing 2 jobs a day. Has a nice motor and house now anyway
Royal Navy, briefly.
Kitchen & bathroom salesman.
Reccy Mech in the Army.
Auto parts salesman.
HGV Driver.
Warehouseman.
Van driver.
Dance music promoter.
Now back to HGV driver.
When i left school i got a job as a Panel Beater and did it for 6 years but i knew i didnt want to do it the rest of my life so i quit and got my HGV licence…im glad i did !! 
Hated every day of my schooling, and the last day was one of the happiest of my life. Served a 4yr apprenticeship as a “light vehicle technician” (car mechanic). Worked in the trade for ten years for Volvo and Mazda dealerships.
Became a dad, then put myself through technical college and got my city and guilds in carpentry/joinery. Went self-employed and worked on new build projects, then shopfitting/pub refurbs etc. That swallowed up another 24yrs.
Fancied a change after kids had grown up (kind of) and split with the missus. Recently put myself through class2 and now class1.
All jobs have days that ■■■■, but largely enjoying my latest direction. Like a lot of us, it seems, have never really found my perfect job, but mustn`t grumble, all things considered!
Had the usual sprinkling of ■■■■■ “infill” temporary jobs not worth mentioning.
booty4099:
Did you pass the course Diesel-truckin?
I did indeed but I left not to long after to ‘persue other avenues’ 
With a handle like booty could some assume your ex RM by any chance?
Solicitor for 30 years, partner in a medium sized firm, now happily driving delivering chemicals. Less toxic than the general public.
Héraultais:
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
A part time what??
Fireman to you 
^^^ fireman
Theshrew:
Sumsmeister:
Mushroom farm-worker quote]Kept in the dark and fed loads of [zb] ?
Some of the work was outside. But mainly, yeah 
timmo29:
Héraultais:
part time sapeur-pompier for funA part time what??
Full marks to those who said fireman.
Lorry drivers mate from 5 year old.
Paper boy and part-time farm worker.
Apprentice mechanic for six months.
Factory worker and nuisance for 18 months.
Builders labourer/driver.
HGV Lorry driver.
Semi retired Transport Manager.
Still breathing.
Paperboy (while at school)
Garden centre assistant (while at school)
Toolmaker (apprenticeship)
Barman (P/T)
Pizza delivery driver (P/T)
Bank clerk
Bus driver
Chauffeur
Truck driver
Manager at a haulage firm
Truck driver
.
I was a Lab technician, a weekend soldier, a Barman, a Mainframe operator, a media salesman, a postman…
Loads of education and degree.
Sales Management roles selling to the Big Supermarkets.
Redundency.
Financial Advisor - Didn’t last long.
Director of own business - pubs and hotels.
Divorce.
Driving trucks 7.5t to C and now the holy grail of C+E. All agency through Ltd company. 2.5 years in. Not all a bed of roses some good some bad but no worse than anything else i’ve done and a lot lower stress. Only thing that consistantly winds me up is agents, struggling to accept them as a necessary evil… But don’t want to pay more tax to be tied to fixed shifts so just have to put up with them.
mjallby:
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)
You are in the right Job where you can use your previous gained knowledge.
on the other hand,i worked a few dekades as HGV Mechanic and not allowed to swap a Bulb 
18 years running supermarkets. 6 years running an ice cream factory. Redundancy, so I chucked a couple of grand at doing the job I wanted to do since I was about 8.
Might make that 2k back one day