You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

Desrtopa comments on low stress employment/ munchkin income thread - Less Wrong Discussion

14 [deleted] 23 July 2013 09:22PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Article Navigation

Comments (82)

Comments (82)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Desrtopa 25 July 2013 03:01:44AM 6 points [-]

Also, I fully expect trucking to get automated into a much cushier job over the next decade with self-driving vehicles. Instead of driving a truck for 11 hours a day, you babysit a truck-driving machine and make sure everything runs fine and gets loaded/routed properly, which is essentially a desk job. Lowered accident rates and insurance premiums pays for the upgrade, even without an increase in the allowed hours of service regulations.

Doesn't this lead to the risk that your pay will drop as you face competition for the position with an increasing number of willing unskilled workers?

Comment author: ThrustVectoring 26 July 2013 02:08:13AM 3 points [-]

Doesn't this lead to the risk that your pay will drop as you face competition for the position with an increasing number of willing unskilled workers?

I'll have an experience edge over recent graduates by the time that happens. Besides which, the better working conditions would more than make up for it.

Worst case scenario is that I cross-train or cross-certify in truck maintenance, as "someone who can get the damn truck rolling again in an emergency" is going to get a much better paycheck than "someone who picks up the phone when the damn truck stops".

Actually, the real worst case scenario is that I lose my job and get out of trucking in general.

Powered by Reddit Powered by Reddit