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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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  • The manual Numerex CMM was my first start in the CMM world in 1999. The CMM was placed in the corner inside the quality lab with a tarp over it. I asked what is that under the tarp? The QA manager stated that's a Manual CMM that no one here knows how to use. I said really! Then I asked can I give it a try after working hours to get it up and running and take home the instructions manual to learn how to use it. He said sure. Why not. And that's what I went out to do. I got that old CMM up and running enough to have it calibrated for production. After a year they wanted to upgrade that CMM to use QC5000. After a month of testing the QC5000 software they decided to purchase a different CMM instead. That was the start of the Measure Max CMM software and CadPath days for me. Well, he I am now posting this on a user forum that I didn't even know to exist back then.
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  • The manual Numerex CMM was my first start in the CMM world in 1999. The CMM was placed in the corner inside the quality lab with a tarp over it. I asked what is that under the tarp? The QA manager stated that's a Manual CMM that no one here knows how to use. I said really! Then I asked can I give it a try after working hours to get it up and running and take home the instructions manual to learn how to use it. He said sure. Why not. And that's what I went out to do. I got that old CMM up and running enough to have it calibrated for production. After a year they wanted to upgrade that CMM to use QC5000. After a month of testing the QC5000 software they decided to purchase a different CMM instead. That was the start of the Measure Max CMM software and CadPath days for me. Well, he I am now posting this on a user forum that I didn't even know to exist back then.
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