How Did You Get Into CMM Programming?

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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russell dunham over 1 year ago

I worked my way up from a machine operator, material handler, floor QC inspector, QM assistant (still a QC inspector), and then a PPAP coordinator in the span of 8 years. One day I was asked if I wanted to try the CMM out since our programmer had just put her two weeks in. I said sure, and was told to learn as much as I could in 10 working days. This was 2007 on a PFX 454 using V2.063. Many hours lost on that version to software crashes. Definitely, learned by the errors I made.
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russell dunham over 1 year ago

I worked my way up from a machine operator, material handler, floor QC inspector, QM assistant (still a QC inspector), and then a PPAP coordinator in the span of 8 years. One day I was asked if I wanted to try the CMM out since our programmer had just put her two weeks in. I said sure, and was told to learn as much as I could in 10 working days. This was 2007 on a PFX 454 using V2.063. Many hours lost on that version to software crashes. Definitely, learned by the errors I made.
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