1) What do you like and dislike the most about working in this field?
2) Would you HONESTLY advise someone to start a career as a CMM Operator/Programmer?
Manufacturing is a thankless slog that will suck the life out of you. The only 1 getting paid are the top tier leaders. Rarely is inspection looked at as anything other than a pain in the ass and a cost. That being said, Its 100% better than running a production machine \ working as a robot. I did everything I could to direct my son away from anything manufacturing related. Been doing this for almost 30 years for a graduated degreed engineer starting to exceed my income and question me......yeah..... Manufacturing is awesome.....
Manufacturing is a thankless slog that will suck the life out of you. The only 1 getting paid are the top tier leaders. Rarely is inspection looked at as anything other than a pain in the ass and a cost. That being said, Its 100% better than running a production machine \ working as a robot. I did everything I could to direct my son away from anything manufacturing related. Been doing this for almost 30 years for a graduated degreed engineer starting to exceed my income and question me......yeah..... Manufacturing is awesome.....
Really depends on the work environment and culture but most places do suck the life out of you. Running a machine pays decently well and is clean work so I have no complaints.
