thefutureisnow
Plastic
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2018
Hey guys,
I’m a young machinist (23) I’ve been working on a shop for two and a half years. I started out as labor and I’ve been on machines for a little over a year. I find machining to be an interesting an exiting field and I’d love to make a career out of it. I’d like to find a new job because management at my current shop is terrible. In order to avoid getting hired into another bad situation I would like to do some networking and actually talk to people face to face and I’m wondering if anyone has any advice on how to do it.
Most everything I know about machining has come through an obsessive amount of reading and research on the Internet. I didn’t go to school for machining and I don’t have any family or friends in the trade. I’ve found there’s a lot of good information on the Internet. Modern machine shop.com, nyc cnc and a lot of you tube stuff, forums, different manufacturers websites etc, etc. I would love to sit down in a roomful of machinists and shop owners and just pick their brain. What it like to work in a big shop vs. a small shop vs. a medium shop? What’s it like to work in a production shop vs. a job shop vs. a prototype shop? Which shops are willing to train? Which shops locally have a good reputation and which don’t? What’s the maximum amount of money I’m worth? I’ve got about a million questions. I’d love to go on a few tours and see some different shops. Obviously there is some of this info that can be found on the Internet, but there’s a limit to how in depth you can actually get when you’re not face to face with people.
Talking to the guys in my shop has helped some but there is only 2 others and I’m looking for broader perspective, also there is a good bit of drama in my shop. Going to machining school might help but I’m not sure if it’s worth it, considering I already have a good bit of experience. Talking a class or to might be good but ideally I’d find a company that would pay for me to take a few classes. There is a few trade shows and machine demos I found online but they are all during the week during the day.
With all this talk about the skills gap and labor shortages one would think there would be organizations or other industry related groups trying to facilitate networking events for younger people who are interested in getting more educated about and involved in the industry. Does anybody have any advice on how or where to find something of this nature?
I’m a young machinist (23) I’ve been working on a shop for two and a half years. I started out as labor and I’ve been on machines for a little over a year. I find machining to be an interesting an exiting field and I’d love to make a career out of it. I’d like to find a new job because management at my current shop is terrible. In order to avoid getting hired into another bad situation I would like to do some networking and actually talk to people face to face and I’m wondering if anyone has any advice on how to do it.
Most everything I know about machining has come through an obsessive amount of reading and research on the Internet. I didn’t go to school for machining and I don’t have any family or friends in the trade. I’ve found there’s a lot of good information on the Internet. Modern machine shop.com, nyc cnc and a lot of you tube stuff, forums, different manufacturers websites etc, etc. I would love to sit down in a roomful of machinists and shop owners and just pick their brain. What it like to work in a big shop vs. a small shop vs. a medium shop? What’s it like to work in a production shop vs. a job shop vs. a prototype shop? Which shops are willing to train? Which shops locally have a good reputation and which don’t? What’s the maximum amount of money I’m worth? I’ve got about a million questions. I’d love to go on a few tours and see some different shops. Obviously there is some of this info that can be found on the Internet, but there’s a limit to how in depth you can actually get when you’re not face to face with people.
Talking to the guys in my shop has helped some but there is only 2 others and I’m looking for broader perspective, also there is a good bit of drama in my shop. Going to machining school might help but I’m not sure if it’s worth it, considering I already have a good bit of experience. Talking a class or to might be good but ideally I’d find a company that would pay for me to take a few classes. There is a few trade shows and machine demos I found online but they are all during the week during the day.
With all this talk about the skills gap and labor shortages one would think there would be organizations or other industry related groups trying to facilitate networking events for younger people who are interested in getting more educated about and involved in the industry. Does anybody have any advice on how or where to find something of this nature?