Quoted from Mrawesome44:

Straight facts. I started truck driving at 21. Got tired of working for slave wages. 3 months ago bought a used kenworth and became an owner operator. Im 25 now and owning my truck I make more in one day than most company drivers make in 2 weeks.

Quoted from bigguybbr:

Worked as a computer programmer out of high school doing y2k code revision. It was good money for how old I was but I scrapped by. There were times I lived on friends couches and ate ramen packets for days. Eventually got the itch to make more (and my wife told me to cut the crap and go to school), so I put myself through engineering school working full time, and became an ME. Living a pretty cushy life now working, restoring pinball machines and brewing beer.

Quoted from Zablon:

Well yeah, that's the whole point of this part of the discussion. Why, and what is the cause? You say I'm invested, and try to shame me for having talking points. Are you actually interested in the reasons? All of the things people have mentioned are parts of it, there is no one reason. COVID and the last year has made some people reevaluate priorities. I can't say I blame them. If I worked with the public and was treated the way people have been acting for $8/hr, I'd be walking away as well. Whether you believe COVID is an issue or not, it is indeed true that people in general are showing their true colors since it came around. It is downright hostile out there. I hear the stories from friends and family and the wife almost daily. It isn't because of COVID though.