me as well, over 40 years as a trucker, been nearly everywhere in the USA and up in Canada.
learnt from the ground up, with only a HS edumacashun.
before that an auto-mechanic/manager, of a crew of 6 people.
dealt with customers, time frames, ETA's, parts, labor, inventory costs, made appointments, delivered early ALL the times, and even arranged extra drop off's before the due dates. (both careers)
didn't matter the career it was, i did it all from the ground up. learnt form some of the best, and learnt on my own feet.
went to apply for a dispatchers job, LOOOONG before i retired, and was asked..
Q: "do you have a college degree"?
A: "no, i got more experience from the ground up"
"we cannot hire you, we only hire college people for dispatching"
me:...."how da hell does a college moron know how to deal with truckers, customers, times, places better than a REAL trucker would"..??
them:...."we only hire college people"
that standard answer was from some of the largest LTL/TL trucking companies
Yellow, R+L, Estes, Old Dominion, Overnite, New Penn...and even smaller outfits in New England..
college morons that don't even know what a truck is, or how to deal with REAL truckers
funny too in a way....some of those companies..??
are out of business..!!!!!