Just as the title says - how'd you first make your stake as a CMM programmer?
For me it was when a recruiter on LinkedIn randomly reached out to me asking if I was interested in being a Metrologist for an international company while I was working as a Quality Inspector at a job shop in 2020, just before the pandemic. I knew nothing about Metrology/CMM programming until I blew the technical portion of the interview process and got hired anyway haha! Ended up being mentored by a professional for 2 years before moving onto a specialized CMM programming gig at another company in 2022.
I figured - as it seems like a lot of us got on-the-job training for CMM programming, you guys/gals must have some interesting stories to share about how you got to where you are now, as CMM programmers.
The year was 1986 and the CMM was a manual Cordax 1808 running a "slower than molasses on cold winter day" IBM computer. I watched the code as we measured features and along with the code cheat sheet learned what it was doing. I've been beeping my life away ever since.
The year was 1986 and the CMM was a manual Cordax 1808 running a "slower than molasses on cold winter day" IBM computer. I watched the code as we measured features and along with the code cheat sheet learned what it was doing. I've been beeping my life away ever since.