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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?
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  • When I say I'm a "metrologist", most of people understand "meteorologist" Disappointed !


    Funny story. I went to the dentist and put on my pre-exam paperwork that I was a metrologist. Forgot all about it.

    Once in the exam room the dental assistant proceeded to talk about her weekend plans kayaking and asked me what the weather was supposed to be like. I told her "I believe it will be a fairly nice weekend but I am no expert."

    She laughed harder than I expected. I chuckled. The rest of the conversation was weather related. I didn't think anything of it. Went on about my day.

    Later that night I was telling my wife about how it was a strange interaction and thats when it clicked. It rained sideways all weekend. So I can only imagine her in her kayak cussing that good for nothing weather guy.

    Doing my part in giving weather guys a bad name.
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  • When I say I'm a "metrologist", most of people understand "meteorologist" Disappointed !


    Funny story. I went to the dentist and put on my pre-exam paperwork that I was a metrologist. Forgot all about it.

    Once in the exam room the dental assistant proceeded to talk about her weekend plans kayaking and asked me what the weather was supposed to be like. I told her "I believe it will be a fairly nice weekend but I am no expert."

    She laughed harder than I expected. I chuckled. The rest of the conversation was weather related. I didn't think anything of it. Went on about my day.

    Later that night I was telling my wife about how it was a strange interaction and thats when it clicked. It rained sideways all weekend. So I can only imagine her in her kayak cussing that good for nothing weather guy.

    Doing my part in giving weather guys a bad name.
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