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How do you tell people what you do?

When people ask me what I do for a job I always say I am a CMM programmer. This always leads to confused looks. So I usually follow up with "I measure stuff." If they have further questions I hit em with "essentially I perform complex measurements using the science of manufacturing (GD&T) by programming a machine to measure parts." After that there are no more questions.

What is your go to description of what you do?
Parents
  • We do aluminum extrusions, this always seemed more complicated to explain than the CMM. I went with the explanation of the playdoh press you had as kid that squirted out the different shapes..... we do that with aluminum..... and then I measure them with a computer. Unless the person your talking to is in manufacturing, its just not worth the trouble.....
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  • We do aluminum extrusions, this always seemed more complicated to explain than the CMM. I went with the explanation of the playdoh press you had as kid that squirted out the different shapes..... we do that with aluminum..... and then I measure them with a computer. Unless the person your talking to is in manufacturing, its just not worth the trouble.....
Children