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@sgii2

Around 2 November 2025 I decided to pursue truck driving after 10 months of conflicting interests. I have plans to continue my Computer Science degree and do web development as a hobby.

This page serves as the timeline for the development of my interest.

Timeline

Childhood

I lived in a truck stop area in California called Castaic, where I likely developed a "hidden" interest in trucks.

8 June 2024

I receive Pacific Drive as a birthday gift. It easily becomes one of my favourite games.

30 June 2024

With a new interest in driving games, I purchase:

American Truck Simulator
European Truck Simulator 2
Snowrunner
Mudrunner

1 April 2024

By this point, I had invested the most time in American Truck Simulator. The other games have only less than 10 hours on them.

I had created rules for myself to keep the game as immersive as possible.

12 January 2025

Around 6 AM, I got my first thought about pursuing trucking as a career.

RealSGII2 2025-01-12 05:47

the 6 am autistic thought to ditch my career and become a truck driver

I dunno

I reeeeaaaally want to drive trucks

30 August 2025

I start a convoy within the Quantum Science Public Discord server. I would end up spending a majority of my free time playing with my friends in this convoy.

1 October 2025

The desire to go into trucking gets worse. I recognise that I'm very susceptible to swapping so I tell people not to pressure me into getting a Class-A and going into the industry.

When confronted about why I would just play the simulator, I would just recite complaints from actual drivers, like:

Low pay
Poor treatment from your company, dispatcher, and society
Losing your social life

23 October 2025

Someone watching my gameplay of American Truck Simulator pressures me into getting my Class-A.

25 October 2025

I become very stressful as I enter an actual career crisis. Many thoughts come into my head about problems with both careers, and I'm torn between what I want to do. It becomes increasingly obvious that the reason I'm refusing to go into trucking is just stubbornness; I have been doing web development for 9 years—why change?

28 October 2025

I talk to my mother about what to do. In the end, all we decided was that no matter what, I should continue with my degree so at least I have a backup option.

Over the next couple of days, I become significantly less resistant toward the idea of going into trucking.

2 November 2025

I officially declare trucking as my primary career.

The Aftermath

I'm still quite shocked that I made the switch. Every day, I'm watching videos about trucks and looking at r/Truckers. Constantly, I am gaining knowledge about the industry and what to expect as an aspiring driver.

Once I get my CS degree, I'll likely be going into OTR (On The Road) for a year, where I can expect to be away for weeks at a time to come back home for about a week. From there, I don't know whether I'll stay or go into a local job instead (which many people prefer).

As for my first steps, I am still struggling about where to get my skills or where to start. There are CDL schools nearby that are quite cheap, but I could also get trained at my first job. Two options I'm looking into starting at are both Knight-Swift and Schneider. To me, it's more of a pick-your-poison situation.