Then: 5000 BC
It is possible that the worlds oldest profession is different from what you have been told. The first profession may have came part and parcel with what may have been the worlds first lasting complex invention. 

The invention: The Wheel, a tool

A load bearing disk with an shaft hole centered on the disk (probably first made of hand split trunks or split limbs around an axis, maybe woven sticks?),  later; an assembly of spokes connecting inner and outer concentric, load bearing rings, all centered on an axle. 

The Job: To Truck 

With his new tool, Man could now move more and heavier things longer distances.  "To TRUCK" and  the trucks' decedent  impact on future societies was born.


Today 2006 Man and Machine
  Just like six thousand years ago,  the wheel remains mankind's universally useful ground based tool to overcome gravity and friction to help mankind move self and items from place to place.  

The big advances in powering the wheel came around two hundred or so years ago with the steam engine & and steel wheels on rails, a bigger advance yet a 100 or so years later with the internal combustion engine.  

With all the continuing advances in the history of the wheel and transportation, still, it is ultimately man and machine; A tool put to use by an individual. 

I argue that such a partnership, this man and machine partnership has gone on for thousands of years, still holds, and will still hold.  And, the man or woman who takes the time to become expert... they have chosen as secure a track as any for a secure future.

The movement trucks enables feed our economy in tens of thousands of different ways through millions of people in their trucking related jobs.

Much of this site focuses on some of these millions of people involved with trucks are at the extreme edge of the industry by actually owning and operating a truck and and using it as a tool, enabling them to serve the worlds populations.

Those truck owners who carefully chose the market they serve and along with the truck (tool) they own are likely to have net earnings higher than 95% of the population they serve. 

How to get there

This web site argues that most road maps to truck great ownership success lies in individuals like you.  By focusing on gaining knowledge of the needs of one or more of the specialty markets a truck touches and positioning ones self to simply provide an individual service level that exceeds that given markets expectations.  

With a bit of planning it is possible to enter most any market.  The trick is finding the right market for you and the right tool(s) to help you serve the market.  

It works both ways... often, the control of the tool leads to the market but equally, knowledge of the market can lead to control of the tool.

This is something that is not  all that hard to do. The site is full of hints that may help you find your niche... and if you are so inclined, how you might profitably control a very useful tool, or sequence of tools for as long as you choose.

This site also argues the long proven philosophy that the higher the quality of the fundamental tool in expert hands, the easier it becomes to exceed the needs of the customer.  The result is a happy customer and a happy you, assuming you are the practitioner .

The specialty markets inside the realm of trucks are number into many thousands.  They can be very large, large, medium sized, small, very small and one off (very very small).  In short, there are plenty to go around... but usually, they need to be looked for and catered to. 

This site will give you ideas on where you might look to add premium value to the load you move and get yourself  top pay in the process. A good place to start might be a look at the body on a trucks back or the trailer a semi truck pulls.

one way of finding a niche... the trailer  

looking for highly paid trucking jobs