I work for a small size company as an inspector and having been programming CMM with PC-DMIS 2016 for about 1 year. The pay is not that good (under $20 per hr in Bay Area, CA) probably because I dont have too much experiences (i can make a program for inspecting complex parts tho). Is PC-DMIS programmer in high demand, especially in CA and does it pay well? Is this a good career to continue with?
Hello p.huang09 and welcome to the forum. I have been using CMMs for over 9 years now and have been programming for almost 7 years. Manual at first but progressed to auto. I have been asking myself the same thing but I really like programming and will hopefully continue programming. My problem is I work for a smaller company and money is not the greatest. I have looked up average pay for my area and it is well above what I am making now. I am currently in search of what's out there and if I can find more money I will move on. I am continually making more money because I keep pushing management for it because I am the only programmer here. My company has sent multiple other people for training but none of them have programmed and they cant figure it out. So the more it happens they realize what it actually takes to program. Not everyone can do it.
I would suggest that if you like programming to stick to it and as the experience increases the pay will increase. Maybe you will have to go to another company but by then you will have the experience.
I get messages from LinkedIn and similar job searches all the time, like Jim said. I do believe the demand is there and the pay can be great if you find the right company and area. You should google CMM programmer salary for your area and check out the high/low/average and see if that is what you are looking for and go from there.
Every position has its problems and programming definitely isn't different.
If you like programming and you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it then I would stick with it. This isn't something you will figure out overnight but every program you write will get better and soon you will look back and see some of your older programs and laugh but as long as you keep growing and learning you will make it.
Good luck and I hope you find what you are looking for. Have a good day
Hello p.huang09 and welcome to the forum. I have been using CMMs for over 9 years now and have been programming for almost 7 years. Manual at first but progressed to auto. I have been asking myself the same thing but I really like programming and will hopefully continue programming. My problem is I work for a smaller company and money is not the greatest. I have looked up average pay for my area and it is well above what I am making now. I am currently in search of what's out there and if I can find more money I will move on. I am continually making more money because I keep pushing management for it because I am the only programmer here. My company has sent multiple other people for training but none of them have programmed and they cant figure it out. So the more it happens they realize what it actually takes to program. Not everyone can do it.
I would suggest that if you like programming to stick to it and as the experience increases the pay will increase. Maybe you will have to go to another company but by then you will have the experience.
I get messages from LinkedIn and similar job searches all the time, like Jim said. I do believe the demand is there and the pay can be great if you find the right company and area. You should google CMM programmer salary for your area and check out the high/low/average and see if that is what you are looking for and go from there.
Every position has its problems and programming definitely isn't different.
If you like programming and you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it then I would stick with it. This isn't something you will figure out overnight but every program you write will get better and soon you will look back and see some of your older programs and laugh but as long as you keep growing and learning you will make it.
Good luck and I hope you find what you are looking for. Have a good day
