Where did you learn to program?

The resources that the training organization chooses to provide makes a big difference, as well. I've been through training in both a Hexagon showroom and a Zeiss distributor's showroom, which I described in more detail here: http://www.pcdmisforum.com/showthread.php?20547-Education&p=323317&viewfull=1#post323317

I had great trainers at both, but a negative for Hexagon was the 11 students to three machines ratio, compared to the Zeiss distributor's four students sharing four machines and two offline seats. Every possible minute of the training I had for the Zeiss was hands-on, so I was able to learn more by doing than spending the better part of the week trying to retain PowerPoint slide content.

We've used most of our training credits from CMM purchases to bring a Hexagon AE in-house, and each time we nominated no more than four employees to be trained and dedicated two of our lab CMMs for their exclusive use. The result is training that is specific to our parts, using our machines, covering techniques specific to our needs, and including more hands-on time than they could get at the local Hexagon showroom.

The resources that the training organization chooses to provide makes a big difference, as well. I've been through training in both a Hexagon showroom and a Zeiss distributor's showroom, which I described in more detail here: http://www.pcdmisforum.com/showthread.php?20547-Education&p=323317&viewfull=1#post323317

I had great trainers at both, but a negative for Hexagon was the 11 students to three machines ratio, compared to the Zeiss distributor's four students sharing four machines and two offline seats. Every possible minute of the training I had for the Zeiss was hands-on, so I was able to learn more by doing than spending the better part of the week trying to retain PowerPoint slide content.

We've used most of our training credits from CMM purchases to bring a Hexagon AE in-house, and each time we nominated no more than four employees to be trained and dedicated two of our lab CMMs for their exclusive use. The result is training that is specific to our parts, using our machines, covering techniques specific to our needs, and including more hands-on time than they could get at the local Hexagon showroom.