When does being a Newbie cease ?
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Zack do you allow your fuel gauge to drop below one quarter?
After you accumulate your 1st million
I gave up on my 1st million and started on my 2nd.
zack100
Active Expediter
Acutally I was looking for a specific and valid answer (if one exists) and maybe I'll eventually get one ........... but I'll give ya this - Moot, your answer was hilarious !!!!
After you accumulate your 1st million
I gave up on my 1st million and started on my 2nd.
I thought ours was funny.
I'd have to say that is closer to the truth....lol
I do some idiotic things I never did when I did not know so much....
Zack, you asked for nice, I gave you nice.
Now you are asking for specific, I'll give you specific: If you have to ask whether you are still a newbie or not, you're a newbie. Me, I'm sticking with intermediate idiot.
Now you are asking for specific, I'll give you specific: If you have to ask whether you are still a newbie or not, you're a newbie. Me, I'm sticking with intermediate idiot.
Then a newbie is one who makes the same old stupid mistakes and an intermediate idiot makes new and different mistakes.I do some idiotic things I never did when I did not know so much....
tenntrucker
Expert Expediter
There is no reason to keep making the same mistakes, with so many new ones available.
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Zack, here's a link to a 2009 E.O. poll. While it doesn't answer your question, it does give you something to strive towards, "grizzled veteran."
http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/general-expediter-forum/35288-how-much-experience.html
http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/general-expediter-forum/35288-how-much-experience.html
To think: I managed in half that time - guess I've been on the half fast track....
That's because you started with a Dodge van!
A year. After that you're no longer a newbie.
Newbies are still trying to figure out the basics. You'll never learn everything there is to know about this business, but after a year you'll have seen most of the major surprises, and by then you'll be able to at least effectively deal with any new surprises that come your way.
If you're still trying to figure out the basics after a year, it doesn't mean you're still a newbie, it means you're either stupid, or astoundingly unobservant, or both.
Newbies are still trying to figure out the basics. You'll never learn everything there is to know about this business, but after a year you'll have seen most of the major surprises, and by then you'll be able to at least effectively deal with any new surprises that come your way.
If you're still trying to figure out the basics after a year, it doesn't mean you're still a newbie, it means you're either stupid, or astoundingly unobservant, or both.
Would this include running in below zero temperatures, during the middle of the night, in rural Iowa with less than ⅛ of a tank of fuel? Welcome to the intermediate idiot years of your expedite apprenticeship.
Rural Iowa? That's redundant and a waste of virtual ink.
I thought he meant being a newbie on here?
In Sports a Rookie is no longer a Rookie after a year. I wouldn't say that is the case in Expediting. You may never have a date that you are no longer a Newbe. When you can:
Make it beyond pay day to pay day
Know when and where to move to get loads
Know when to drop and stop or turn and burn
Know how to manage your business
Know when to take a run to make money not miles
If you have repairs, it will not put you in a bind
Have cash on hand, know how much
Know how to work your carries system
There are some out here that have been doing this for years and still live pay check to pay check. They turn down short runs in order to cherry pick the good ones. Keep in mind that two short runs could lead to more long runs. If freight is slow then the short ones could make your week much easier to live with. Take runs that work for you.
Make it beyond pay day to pay day
Know when and where to move to get loads
Know when to drop and stop or turn and burn
Know how to manage your business
Know when to take a run to make money not miles
If you have repairs, it will not put you in a bind
Have cash on hand, know how much
Know how to work your carries system
There are some out here that have been doing this for years and still live pay check to pay check. They turn down short runs in order to cherry pick the good ones. Keep in mind that two short runs could lead to more long runs. If freight is slow then the short ones could make your week much easier to live with. Take runs that work for you.
EnglishLady
Veteran Expediter
Excellent
I would add one more .....
When you know that if you don't get a run for a day or two .....
It is NOT the end of expediters