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Where did you learn to program?

Answers everyone! How and when did you learn to program on PC-Dmis? What training classes have you taken?

I am going to take my Level 3 Advanced training course in November! I am trying to decide what to take next.
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  • No. That was the only Calypso basic training I received, ofcourse my experience with pc-dmis helped, probably the major reason why I picked up the new software so quick. But my hat goes off to the my trainer Mark Boucher, who did an exptional job in training me and going over some complex features that are not usually part of basic class.....
    .......All I am trying to say, is that the third party training IMO is simply the best, from my experience with Hexagon and Zeiss training. Sure it is expensive, BUT it well worth it. All my OEM experience is just bla, out of 10, I give it 6, all of my experience with a third party is 10+


    thx for the reply, Wolfman. (apologies for abbreviating your quote)
    I was just trying to get a handle on which training (Zeiss v Hexagon) you found more 'enlightening' in the overall scheme of CMM land.
    I would think that personalized instruction (a 1 to 1 basis) would always trump the mass teaching one gets at the 'educational centers'.
    And not to be a wise-guy, I'll offer this:
    I can only speak for Hexagon inasmuch as I've not had Zeiss training. But am willing to bet both companies give their students some kind of cheesy plastic ring-folder with the course outlines, etc from Level 1 training.
    The guy who takes it home and reads it on weekends will be the GOOD programmer, the dude who didn't quite absorb things over 4-5 days and simply returns to work will pretty much suck and be clogging up the help line 12/7.
    I'll paraphrase.... someone once said: " CMM (actually it was GDT) is like the flu... not everyone gets it..."
    am running a bit long in the tooth on this post, but to finish? i think the tools are there, some better than others, but someone with that thirst for knowledge is going to make a better CMM guy than the one who just wants it injected. Sunglasses
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  • No. That was the only Calypso basic training I received, ofcourse my experience with pc-dmis helped, probably the major reason why I picked up the new software so quick. But my hat goes off to the my trainer Mark Boucher, who did an exptional job in training me and going over some complex features that are not usually part of basic class.....
    .......All I am trying to say, is that the third party training IMO is simply the best, from my experience with Hexagon and Zeiss training. Sure it is expensive, BUT it well worth it. All my OEM experience is just bla, out of 10, I give it 6, all of my experience with a third party is 10+


    thx for the reply, Wolfman. (apologies for abbreviating your quote)
    I was just trying to get a handle on which training (Zeiss v Hexagon) you found more 'enlightening' in the overall scheme of CMM land.
    I would think that personalized instruction (a 1 to 1 basis) would always trump the mass teaching one gets at the 'educational centers'.
    And not to be a wise-guy, I'll offer this:
    I can only speak for Hexagon inasmuch as I've not had Zeiss training. But am willing to bet both companies give their students some kind of cheesy plastic ring-folder with the course outlines, etc from Level 1 training.
    The guy who takes it home and reads it on weekends will be the GOOD programmer, the dude who didn't quite absorb things over 4-5 days and simply returns to work will pretty much suck and be clogging up the help line 12/7.
    I'll paraphrase.... someone once said: " CMM (actually it was GDT) is like the flu... not everyone gets it..."
    am running a bit long in the tooth on this post, but to finish? i think the tools are there, some better than others, but someone with that thirst for knowledge is going to make a better CMM guy than the one who just wants it injected. Sunglasses
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