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Bored of programming

LaserJay
I have been in programming for about 6 years and feel like I am a bored of it right now.
I don't want to leave the field because of money and I do enjoy the work.

Do any of y'all ever feel bored of programming? What do you do to overcome the slump?
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  • My last job was at a machine tool builder. We had to create a CMM program to prove to the customer that our machine could make what they wanted it to make. Usually had to do a CPK study for nearly every dimension on their part. Literally, every 2 to 3 weeks there would be a whole new part, totally unrelated to anything you had done before. Different company drawing standards, anything from complex GD&T to sketches on a napkin. Kept things really fresh, interacted with engineers from all over the country.
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  • My last job was at a machine tool builder. We had to create a CMM program to prove to the customer that our machine could make what they wanted it to make. Usually had to do a CPK study for nearly every dimension on their part. Literally, every 2 to 3 weeks there would be a whole new part, totally unrelated to anything you had done before. Different company drawing standards, anything from complex GD&T to sketches on a napkin. Kept things really fresh, interacted with engineers from all over the country.
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  • in reply to kingsld1
    Loved it. The recession in 2001 hit them pretty hard. Went from record sales in 2000 to zero orders in the first quarter of 2001. There were two of us programming and one running the CMM occasionaly plus doing inhouse calibration. With out orders there just wasn't enough to keep the three of us busy. I was the last hired and didn't really have any calibration experience so.... Kind of worked out though. Found a new job in less than a week paying $4 an hour more. Commute was about the same and company benefits were MUCH better
  • in reply to kingsld1
    sounds like me, we build stamping tools. Always got something to do, either program a new job or check one we are in-process on.
  • in reply to kingsld1
    Too much of the same gets old no matter what it is. I turned a job down at a "emergency room" for jobs where they all came in new and they rarely saw them again. The 'seasoned' ones just showed it in their face, they appeared tired of the same of what I thought of something that never gets old. They expressed a desire to get 'intimate' with the job... I couldn't believe my ears LOL!

    Some people just think different especially the really bright ones I feel like they're the ones that struggle with this the most, so if you feel something... it probably means you're a smarty, artistic bloke!
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