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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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  • After obtaining a mechanical engineering degree, I started my career as a mechanical drafter at a large tech company. After a couple months, my manager asked me to learn how to use the Gom 3D scanner we had in our office. A few months after figuring that out, I was placed in a brand new metrology lab as the sole employee. Needless to say, I didn't know anything, and was unqualified to be the "metrology guy" at our company. But after several offsite training sessions and a lot of self-study and practice, I was up and running.

    I started off only using the 3D scanner, but we eventually purchased an OGP SmartScope Quest 800 multisensor vision measuring machine. I hated (and still hate) Zone3 due to all of its bugs, but I am thankful for the start it gave me in the metrology field and using a CMM. I no longer work at that company, but I still work in the metrology field, I still use CMMs, and as a self-proclaimed metrology nerd, I'm still loving it!
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  • After obtaining a mechanical engineering degree, I started my career as a mechanical drafter at a large tech company. After a couple months, my manager asked me to learn how to use the Gom 3D scanner we had in our office. A few months after figuring that out, I was placed in a brand new metrology lab as the sole employee. Needless to say, I didn't know anything, and was unqualified to be the "metrology guy" at our company. But after several offsite training sessions and a lot of self-study and practice, I was up and running.

    I started off only using the 3D scanner, but we eventually purchased an OGP SmartScope Quest 800 multisensor vision measuring machine. I hated (and still hate) Zone3 due to all of its bugs, but I am thankful for the start it gave me in the metrology field and using a CMM. I no longer work at that company, but I still work in the metrology field, I still use CMMs, and as a self-proclaimed metrology nerd, I'm still loving it!
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