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How do you tell people what you do?

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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?
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  • I normally just say that I program automated industrial measuring machines. Sometimes I'll throw in there that it is for the aerospace and defense industry. Normally, these days, the follow-up questions are not about what I do, but how is work for me in pandemic times. I can normally follow up with saying that we are always very busy and that the plant was open all throughout the pandemic. I'll say jokingly that there is still plenty of demand for flying war machines. One way or another the conversation tends to go another direction from there or I get an opening to ask questions about them.

    More and more I have learned not to use the term "CMM". It just confuses people.

    Which war machines in particular? I spent some years in the Air Force working with explosives. But I worked close to the flight line. Got to see the F-35 take off and land when it was first introduced. Its a surprisingly quiet bird when it wants to be. I also sat right next to the guy that got picked to "test" the new flight simulator of the 35(lucky SOB). He crashed the thing into an aircraft carrier on landing.
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  • I normally just say that I program automated industrial measuring machines. Sometimes I'll throw in there that it is for the aerospace and defense industry. Normally, these days, the follow-up questions are not about what I do, but how is work for me in pandemic times. I can normally follow up with saying that we are always very busy and that the plant was open all throughout the pandemic. I'll say jokingly that there is still plenty of demand for flying war machines. One way or another the conversation tends to go another direction from there or I get an opening to ask questions about them.

    More and more I have learned not to use the term "CMM". It just confuses people.

    Which war machines in particular? I spent some years in the Air Force working with explosives. But I worked close to the flight line. Got to see the F-35 take off and land when it was first introduced. Its a surprisingly quiet bird when it wants to be. I also sat right next to the guy that got picked to "test" the new flight simulator of the 35(lucky SOB). He crashed the thing into an aircraft carrier on landing.
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