Originally Posted by
fathergoat
12 years of CNC experience here :af: mostly running them. but to be good at running them you have to know what's going on which means reading the program. so I'm not a "programmer" but I can read one and write a basic one on the fly. Most programs now are wrote with autocad or mastercam.
G code yo
A little over 7 years for me. I really enjoy working on them and when I have to, operating them.