>>2927446
>started as a button pusher with a 2 year degree
>job shop so all kinds of random shit
>learn everything I can
>get promoted
>learn more
>get promoted
>make connections
>unlearn the shit they taught wrong
>learn more
>am now the lead programmer and project manager
>learn more
>make connections
>get head hunted to build an manage a new shop from the ground up
>mfw I get paid $45/h to spend most of my day shitposting and reading manga, occasionally doing a setup and programming a new part
>mfw I get random, six figure job offers multiple times a year
>mfw it barely took 7 years to get to this point
I laugh when I see shit like "lol try that in inconel". The stuff I've seen and had to machine would make most machinists cry and had tooling reps look at me like I was insane.