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How Did You Get Into CMM Programming?

ALousyUser
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.
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  • I was a mechanic working at car dealership 1984. Hot hard work i was 25 and decided that i couldnt /didn't want to do this when i was 50. So i got a job in a wood pattern shop as an apprentice making wood models but found out that the industry was going out of busines, CNC machine's were taking over. I asked to go into the cad room and make cutter path for the cnc's. General manager liked me so he said yes, i had never even seen a computer before. But after 4 months i found out that it was a terrible job just sitting starring at the screen all day. So i asked to go to inspection working on the CMM and they said ok.
    At least you moved around a bit on the CMM.
    So I got lucky i suppose Since then I have been Quality manager at couple places but never left the CMM for long.
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  • I was a mechanic working at car dealership 1984. Hot hard work i was 25 and decided that i couldnt /didn't want to do this when i was 50. So i got a job in a wood pattern shop as an apprentice making wood models but found out that the industry was going out of busines, CNC machine's were taking over. I asked to go into the cad room and make cutter path for the cnc's. General manager liked me so he said yes, i had never even seen a computer before. But after 4 months i found out that it was a terrible job just sitting starring at the screen all day. So i asked to go to inspection working on the CMM and they said ok.
    At least you moved around a bit on the CMM.
    So I got lucky i suppose Since then I have been Quality manager at couple places but never left the CMM for long.
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