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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Ladaidej 11 months ago

I was at a foundry as a quality inspector and got let go. Buddy of mine in a machine shop told me he knew of a position opening up I should apply for. That was in Feb of 2022. Have been here since. I do both electrode checking and steel for injection molding. Got a month of on the job training and have been teaching myself between youtube and here ever since. I have found ways prior operators were unaware of to simplify reports and programs to make the workflow in the entire shop a bit better. Hoping they have the funds sometime soon to get into the Hexagon courses in the near future to build on what I know/ self taught myself. I do want to say thank you for everyone who posts here and helps out with problems as these forums have saved me a ton of trouble over the last year and a half.
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Ladaidej 11 months ago

I was at a foundry as a quality inspector and got let go. Buddy of mine in a machine shop told me he knew of a position opening up I should apply for. That was in Feb of 2022. Have been here since. I do both electrode checking and steel for injection molding. Got a month of on the job training and have been teaching myself between youtube and here ever since. I have found ways prior operators were unaware of to simplify reports and programs to make the workflow in the entire shop a bit better. Hoping they have the funds sometime soon to get into the Hexagon courses in the near future to build on what I know/ self taught myself. I do want to say thank you for everyone who posts here and helps out with problems as these forums have saved me a ton of trouble over the last year and a half.
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