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Wish me luck!
I've been in the Pittsburgh area for about 6 months now. When I first moved I decided to take some time off of work; try and get settled, absorb the new environment, that sort of thing. After a well deserved (in my opinion) 4 months off I started working at my current company. Everyone that interviewed me seemed very welcoming and the company appeared to be a really good fit for me. Well; I was wrong, two months in and I'm surprised this place is still in business. I'm in the manufacturing industry and always have been. Three years ago I downloaded Autocad from the company server onto my desktop. Played around with it and was noticed by the company's engineering manager. Long story short I've been drafting ever since; I love it, and I'm good at it. Unfortunately in this industry, that's not the only thing the draftsman does and frankly; I'm tired of manufacturing. It was great when I was young but it's time to move on. So tomorrow I have an interview with a drafting firm!!! If I get this job I will get to draw all day every day and the drawing will be different! Not the same old machinery/parts every day. I will get to learn other drafting programs and use some pretty cool equipment for drafting/rendering existing buildings. I'm super excited and just wanted to share this with you guys. Other than that I hope everyone has a great Tuesday!!
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I work in manufacturing and do a lot of AutoCad for prototype tooling, definitely fun messing around with AutoDesk, Inventor is pretty sick too. Manufacturing does kind of suck, depending on what your position is. Mine is laid back, easy schedule, etc., so it sounds like you were on the shitty end of the stick.
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Internal engine components like valve lifters and ball plungers, some supercharger components, and some transmission parts. A lot of high volume output machines, parts come out every 4 seconds and is machining 16 stations at a single time. Also do some cold forming, honing, ID/OD grind, hard milling, etc.
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