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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A-machine-insp over 3 years ago

I just tell them that I measure stuff, so precise, that I could take a piece of their hair, split it three ways, and tell them what size each strand is.

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It amazes people when I tell them that most of the tolerances I deal with are less than the thickness of one strand of hair.
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A-machine-insp over 3 years ago

I just tell them that I measure stuff, so precise, that I could take a piece of their hair, split it three ways, and tell them what size each strand is.

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It amazes people when I tell them that most of the tolerances I deal with are less than the thickness of one strand of hair.
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