I’m about to enroll in classes for Supply Chain Management and wanted some honest feedback from people already in the field. (Sorry for the long post...)
Here’s my background:
About 5 years ago, I started a trucking company with absolutely no business experience. I didn’t have enough money to buy a truck at the time, so I started as an independent freight broker first.
That didn’t work out financially, but I gained a lot of knowledge about logistics, freight operations, and business through the experience.
Eventually, I saved enough money to get my own authority and operate as a carrier. Within the first month of renting a truck, I failed again mainly due to inexperience dealing with rental companies, insurance issues, and VIN switching complications.
Even after those setbacks, I refused to quit.
Right now, I’ve started a dispatching company because I wanted to stay active in the transportation industry instead of stopping completely while figuring out my next move.
At the same time, I decided to go back to college and found a Supply Chain diploma program that may eventually transfer into a full degree.
Currently, I also work in the live entertainment industry building stages and sets for tours, festivals, and events.
My questions:
- While taking supply chain courses (before finishing the degree), is it realistic to land an entry-level supply chain or logistics role?
- Would my trucking, brokerage, and dispatching experience help me get hired even without the degree completed?
- Can the knowledge from supply chain courses directly improve my dispatching business?
- If you were in my shoes, would you keep building the dispatching company while getting the degree, or focus entirely on one path?
I’ve failed a few times, but each failure taught me something valuable, and I’m trying to turn that into something bigger instead of quitting.
Would appreciate honest feedback.