I took your advice and land a position I always know I deserved. I’m now hired as a shop supervisor of a machine shop and been there now for 7 months. I also took machining techniques that I’ve learned from your curriculum and improved there machining productivity by 30%. My employers are happy, I’m making great money. Thank you to everyone at Titan. Keep doing what you guys do. I love what you guys do. It works.
Thanks for the videos. Just retired from the Navy after 20 years. Currently in CNC school. Never done anything like it. Learning how to learn all over again! :)
After being introduced to Titan, I am now addicted. I have searched for CNC addiction hotlines but non exist. Since I will never be cured, I joined the academy. I love doing the tutorials. The Queen is my favorite.
10 months ago i walked into the machinist position for a small manufacture. I had no experience at all but nailed the interview after asking for a walk through of the plant. They had no machinist and nobody able to train me. What got me the job i believe is mostly the confidence i had at the end of the tour, they started off with "well we are looking for someone with experiance that we can hand a print to and they can just make the needed pars" i stopped them there and presented myself, "I dont see anything here that will be beyond my capability, I noticed on the walkthrough that you have the manuals for the hass mill and lathes. That is all i will require from you if you hire me." I left the interview with the usual" thank you we will give you a call" By the time i drove 20 min home i had 5 missed calls from them. I was hired that day.
To continue a bit here, i then spent the weekend before starting on monday teaching myself gcode online. Biggest resorce was the haas manual i downloaded online but also a few youtube videos. I learned enough over the weekend to jump right in on my first day, though it did take a few minutes to figure out that i needed to learn how to set the door hold overide...haha. After 10 months i am running 4 or 5 different machines running different parts at the same time and can write gcode on the fly manualy for any part that comes up and even make replacement parts for our cncs.
@@solomaster9315 That's awesome! Work ethic, attitude, confidence, all working together to achieve a vision. You might be stoked to see what we have going on at academy.titansofcnc.com where we teach CAD/CAM/CNC for free - good spot to browse through and pick up some tips if you're not already a member.
I'm trying to learn Computer Aided Manufacturing to start a new career, I'm enrolled currently in 2 CAM classes in community college after stumbling upon CNC while in my intro to Machine Shop class I took for my industrial maintenance certificate program, I programmed my first tool patch today and I love it, I'm in 2 classes now and the 2nd half of the semester I'll be in at least a 3rd CAM class. I'm excited about it, my instructor uses Titan's videos as inspiration.
As an employee , if i'm appreciated , i will do everything i can to help other workers/the company/improve cycle times , all that good stuff . However if i'm not appreciated (let's say after a year) , i won't step out of my position to help others (sometimes i'll still help a coworker let's be honest) , and i won't actively improve anything . The employer-employee relationship is a 2 way street . Otherwise i agree with at least 90% of what you say .
Finding a good employer is like finding the perfect wife: You have to weed through the crap to find the gem. They key is learn from each experience and use the experience to improve on yourself.
Agreed. In reference to their comments around the 9-10 minute mark, if I come into work at 50% because I've been managing the workload of two+ employees for 6 months, is the employer going to pay me for two people? Obviously the answer is no. As employees, especially in the corporate world, we have to be careful what we agree to take on and we have to draw the line somewhere. They aren't wrong though, it's the employees responsibility to come into work ready to rock. If it's the work load and days on duty causing the issue, then hopefully the employer recognizes that. It's a weird sort of paradox. I know that it's unlikely I'll ever be compensated appropriately for that high performance, but I need to do it or I'm not engaged enough. I'm always looking for ways to be more efficient or to improve or create processes. Our shop has a damn good crew, and it's only getting better now that I finally have a team. Hopefully the sacrifices I made were worth it.
Your looking to outward… maybe turn yourself inward first and change your approach from “ if I’m not appreciated I’m not giving my all” to the mindset of what does it take to get appreciated and then doing that. Do stuff that gets yourself appreciated and earn it.
@@johnathanknight3622 but that doesn't happen anymore. You're a number and that's it I work for money they pay me for work so I do exactly what my contract says and nothing more unless you want to treat me like a human
Titan, great video! I teach a high school Machine Technology course and viewed this video with them for the first time this afternoon. Your advice is spot on and your "insider Pro tips" is great insight into what an employer might be thinking during an interview. Many thanks to you and your crew. We watch your videos all of the time.
Just wanna say thank you for all your advice I got my dream cnc job a couple months ago and I strive on dedicating my next 20 years to being a master machinist and a team player all your advice helps
The insight your video provided was priceless. Not only were we educated on how to stand out and possibly obtain a job, this video also shined a very bright light on how to be the best employee you can be. Thank you for the tips and insight, this video is life changing.
I work for Tmc “Ammetek” as an Cnc operator/Omax waterjet operator/ QC , Getting ready for computer programming school soon …. This channel gives so much understandings and well explained into depth. Thank you for all the profession informations.
I was a supervisor at a machining shop ages ago, then moved on to sanitize a plant for a medium business. Sanitize meant a lot of fire-hire work. Then, after some 30 firings, I got heart problems, decided that being a big boss is gonna put me under, resigned, went on to work as a machinist, never looked back again. I never thought life could be so sweet despite a lot of "overqualified" looks thrown around.
Titan, as an ex-con you know how hard it is to overcome the stigma of being an ex-con when looking for work. I was one of the fortunate ex-cons that was in the right place at the right time and married the right girl. You and your team should do a complimentary segment to this one on how ex-cons can overcome the challenges of finding meaningful work in the industry post prison.
Unfortunately there's a lot of discrimination in the workplace and often big companies won't even look at your resume if you have any negative backgrounds, even if it's an accusation/arrest but not conviction. America is not a good place for ex-cons and my advise for any ex-cons is to figure out a way to get he hell out of the USA. Sorry to say this because in the US there are so many ways for an ex con to end up back in prison. Especially as a machinist because you could for example be machining gun parts. And America's discriminatory laws means if an ex con is anywhere near a firearm they go back to prison. If you go to another country, you won't have the criminal record to worry about, you won't be around guns either (as other countries don't have weird gun laws like the US, they are illegal for all except for licensed individuals), but could still be around them for recreation in legally sanctioned venues. Also hate to say it, America is not the best place for machinists. Hardly any jobs and any job that are there is super competitive, have to be best of the best to get your foot in the door. Really high cost and regulations to start a machine shop, etc.. Some of the discrimination is even designed to stop people of color from getting hired, but are not labeled as such.
Tyler's post below, in my opinion, is wrong. I've been in shops for about 4 decades, I'm also a convicted felon. Most regular shops don't care, the hard part is hiring someone that will come to work every day. A felon probably won't get hired to count money at a bank, but machining and Fabrication shops have more felons than you would expect working in them. And it isn't that hard to stay out of the criminal justice system, just quit doing that shit, get away from the shitheads you used to run with. Nobody is setting anyone up to fail but themselves. And the "people of color" not being hired is bullshit too. If you can do the work, you've generally got a job. There are very few machinists coming up these days, the shops can't find people to hire. Many are paying very well, but can't find qualified people to hire. In fact, everything he wrote is wrong. Weird gun laws? That we're allowed to own them, that's weird? No, I don't think so. And some guy machining parts in some manufacturing facility, that might be gun parts, is not going to go to prison for it, because he's a ex felon. Laws in the US are not discriminatory against felons. Don't break the laws any more, and you'll stay out of prison. You're just making things up to fit your bias against the US.
Titans, great to see these videos . I started as a manual type machine operator, on a Bullard, multi matic machine, 8 spindles 7 cutting stations, 1 load unload station. I worked my way up through a lead man, setup man. My associate and myself took the setups from 2 to 3 days to 12 or 8 hours. I'm telling you indicating 8 spindles , you got real good at it. I started in 1978. And by 1986 we started into CNC Lathes. Okuma was our go to, loved them at the time. In 1988 I moved to the CNC dept.as an operator set up man ll have cut more soft jaw chuck jaws, then I caret think. In 1996 I became shop supervisor on midnight shift, I kept my lead man ideas of running the shop. If I had an operator that got lost, I took that as a teachable moment. Unfortunately that company sent the whole operation to china.long story. Then I went into bar feeders making a lot of automotive products, for fuel systems and such. My final shop I worked in was areo space products. I did teach my lead guys a lot of valuable lessons, especially, when having machine / program problems, process of elimination. I also showed an entire, engineering dept, how valuable that was. We had a machine running good size cast iron parts that required, balancing after machining. The engineers went directly to the second operation. No good, when I went to work that night and found out what they had done, I took my lead guy over to said machining cell, and started to show him how important these process steps were. Guess what, there was a huge problem in turning the first operation , that was putting runout in the part. We were using bullock chucks..first operation chuck had 80 thousandth run out innit. The programmer / engineer told everyone the second operation will take it out. Nope not if you put that runout in turning an O.D. So the next morning the plant manager, wanted to try and chew me out about why I didn't work on that machine that night. He had his engineers, all standing there, wanting to see me get put down. When I told them, you guys were looking in the wrong place, Then I told them collectively, the first operation chuck had 80 thousandths runout in it, and that Machine repair has the chuck in the shop rebuilding it. And what's not to love about probing. I can't tell you how many probes I rebuilt, to have spares, and label machines I had to get right, because someone messed the font size up on them., for labeling our boxes. Keep up the videos, I live this life through you guys now.
So I am sitting here watching this video preparing for an interview on the 4th, a machinist apprentice gig and I suddenly realized it. The next 6 years plus of my life and path just fell into place. I want to come work for you guys- for Titan. I now know exactly what I need to do. Thanks for this- I will see you guys when the time is right.
26:25. This is probably one of the top two things that have soured me on employers. They pick favorites because of their kissing up ability and get preferential treatment while you do the job and perform as expected and get no more (or even less) than they do for it.
Thank you Titans of CNC you are like no other just watched this video in 2024 i enjoyed it and its very helpful. I Hope I will come back and say I grab a top job using your tips.
Be relaxed too. Act as you have a job and want to better yourself and the company you are at. AND speak the language the person speaks. If a plant manager use the terms he knows and show them you know what it's all about. If HR, speak like your speaking to mid management who wouldn't know what 'touch off' means, etc. If the owner, be humble and show him how your energy would help his company. Good luck!
In my ten years I still to this day try to learn something new every day. Could be something as simple as poking around tool manufacturer sights looking at their tooling. I swear they make a new coating every other day. Knowledge is power, never stop learning your craft. Recent for me was y'all's video on how to manually panel program a looping sub for an angular cut. So simple, and clean. Used it that next day at work for a fixture I had been deciding how to approach. Worked like a dream. Keep up the amazing work, from one metal junky to another. 👍
Titan. I am lucky enough to have a great opportunity with an entry level assembly job in a machine shop. I am an older guy in my 50's without a lot of machine experience BUT I have a great, previous career behind me with great references and I am smart and a solid family guy. I have been at the shop for about a month and I have learned alot. Most days I assemble more pieces, well and consistently more than any of the younger guys (mostly engineering students). I am there every day early but I don't clock in until 10 minutes early so I don't come across as trying to abuse the time clock. Anyway. About two weeks ago I started watching RUclipss about Haas CNC mills and taking lots of notes in a notebook every day after work for a couple of hours. Even off youtube I am learning so much. In November I will start up a year long program at a local community college so I can learn everything I can to be a Manual Machinist with some solid CNC training. But I am not waiting for the program. Every day I put in two hours of my time after work in CNC / machine shop school. Nobody has to ask me to do my job. I know that even though I am a newbie in the work environment that I have lots of other strengths to make me a valuable person for the shop and the team. Like some of the guys here said, every day at the end of the workday I refill all of the parts into the bins on the work table. I try to make some parts to set-up the start of the day for the next guys coming so they can have a jump start on their day. I sweep up, take out the trash and clean and arrange the work space so it is clean and organized every single day. Anyway. This is just the start of my own story in CNC / working in a machine shop but I am excited. I feel like I have a lot of opportunities to contribute and become a valuable team member over the course of the next year or two. Titan. Thank you for the Christian testimony. It really spoke to me. Thank you for putting yourself out there and the encouragement Other older guys out there that did something else for twenty, thirty years, like I did, don't give up. Dive in with both feet. Train and learn at every opportunity. Help your team as much as possible.
Was a programmer/tooling engineer in 70s 80s 90s , wish I knew you guys then. :-) . Pocket calculators , tables, metal specs, and good machining knowledge. Even CADCAM early 80s was so basic.
@@GuillermoRodriguez-gu3oq . Done my first CNC machine training course in Warner Swasey Asquith factory in Halifax UK circa 1979. GE1050T controller for 1SC bar feed CNC LATHE.. 😎👍🇬🇧
I think a lot of employers miss that some very sharp and skilled people have differing personalities and sometimes suffer social abnormalities. A quiet, reserved and even socially nervous person may be a genius machinist.
I'm struggling with #6, but I know it's just a dry season and I'll be back someday soon. I really enjoyed this talk and the great reminders. Thanx, guys. EJ
Got calls back from all 5 interviews I had this week today.. excepted the best one for my family and i.. Getting laid off from my injection molding job was actually a good thing.. can't wait to start Monday
actually, after taxes and "benefits" you are only paying employees around 50% not to mention the hidden inflation tax that eats away the value of our dollars on a daily basis
Titan your formula is infectious for the good of engineering kind You're game is so wonderful to listen & watch .No one else has a format likes your shop & skills on Utube I ask of followers to press that like so 300k can be achieved 👍👍👍
I enjoy watching your video sir..I have a experienced as a conventional operator before.I never try CNC machine,only NC..I have a little bit knowledge of manual programming .Now I working here in japan as a mass production operator of 4 cnc machine,3 milling and 1 lathe.Doing everyday for loading,unloading and tool changes only..To be honest i forgot little by little my programming knowledge..thank to your channel,I've Learn a lot again..more powers and god bless you all..
As someone interested in getting into CNC I'm curious to hear the pros and cons of getting into a dedicated CNC shop that gets contracted by various companies to make parts vs. getting onto a company that makes a specific thing (some examples in my area include one company that makes truck transmissions and pays CNC op's very well, another company that makes orthopedic medical devices & pays its CNC's quite well, and another that makes diesel engines that pays its CNC op's mediocre) pay aside I am most interested in manufacturing automotive parts but i think it would also be very cool and stretching to work at a CNC shop that makes all different types of things rather than lots of the same thing. But I am interested in hearing the pros and cons from someone who has more industry knowledge
I work in engineering because I get a buzz when I make things. Especially when they are spot on. It's my hobby ... and I get paid for doing what I really enjoy. If I go for an interview I'm looking for a future and making things better. I am interested in what I do, and I can tell you the learning never stops. So for me the point is that someone has to be interested in the craft. And if you are it will stand out.
Titan, I just got to my 13th year with, let's call it company "A". For the last 10 years we have been battling the same problems. We have 50+ cnc machines. 5 axis mills, large horizontal mills, cnc EDM sinkers and wire EDM's. We struggle to make our dead lines on almost all of our jobs. We make 75% rubber molds, 24% plastic molds, and 1% die cast molds. Because we have a hard time finding good educated employees the owner's have been taking the better tooling out of the shop and replacing it with high speed steel tooling. ie HSS drill's to start. I was put in charge of setting up the tool crib and I worked with the manufacturer to help train the cnc people in the shop. (we called it lunch and learn) OSG Tool would bring in programmer's and the engineer's that actually designed the tools to do hands on training with the programer's and cnc people. The owner's have been away from the machining side of the shop for awhile and it is hard to get them on board to keep up with the technology. How do I get it across to them that we should move forward not backward. I have been in machining for 20 years and don't want to step backwards for my last 15 years of my career. Thanks for your time. Any words of wisdom would be great. Thanks for the info that you show in your video's I have learned better ways of helping the guys in the shop that want to learn more.
Wow...thank you Titan. It's amazing with you. Quite simple and informative. I'm getting ready to attend an interview and your discussion helped me a lot to prepare myself about the talk there. Thank you
This is awesome! Thank you very much guys. Turning things around from a phd job (push here dummy) to self driven and yet again, thrive for the company not yourself!
I don't know about you guys, But something that helped me out in my job is that I knew a lot of the guys that worked there having worked with them before and making a good impression on them And I've seen this get abused and people get jobs that aren't qualified to do it. But I think that should be up there "its not what you know, its who you know"
All excellent points. I've been in this trade for 40 years, 30 years in ops / management / prod. engineering / programming. I'd like to add a couple. Don't be so overly enthusiastic to the point of coming across as being ingenuine. Express where you see improvements may be able to be made. They may, or may not work, but at least I know you're putting some thought into projects at hand. Ultimately your input may improve the process, but during the shop walk thru, don't tell the interviewer virtually everything the shop is doing is wrong, and you can fix everything. Applicants using your tips would definitely be offered either a trial job, or at least a second interview.
I gave my all to my employer. In early, stayed late. A few years later my wife left and took my son. I lost everything. Giving your all must come with balance and a healthy respect for living, as well as making a living.
Very good information this is exactly what people need to know in order to be hired in any industry. People should appreciate that you gave this freely because this is some of the most valuable information I've seen and in this day and age wisdom and knowledge isn't free. It's it's own industry.
I agree with a lot of this how to represent your self in an interview. I believe in a few things that have worked for me. Keep resumes to 1 page. In length. That just enough to get the employer interested, clean up online profiles or privacy lock them from people not friend's. Clothing either kakies and button up. Or a work uniform and inform them your coming immediately after getting off from your current employments shift, this lets the new employer know your hungry not starving, ask more questions than the employer. But more about what their problems are and what your role and duties exactly are. not their benifits and pay save those 2 questions for the end of the interview. Ask to walk around the shop as y'all talk. This lets you see the environment. And if they mention misspellings. On the resume. Make a joke that English is your second language. Gcodes your primary. And lastly get your money going through the door. If not you'll never get it, $81k last year. Probably do 85-90k this year.
Thank you Titan, Matt and Dave for your half hour packed of solid suggestions and recommendations on what to do on getting at a company. Yes I will put all these points to get hired.
9:13. If you don't give them something to complain about, that will help. So far every employer I have had has taken advantage in some fashion. Even the best get tired of finding out that the employer was making a fool of them. EVERYONE is going to express their frustration in some way at some point. It's human nature.
Hey guys great video. Me being someone who privatises his social media to strangers puts me in a place where I disagree about the social media thing and also your head of designs statement "hey this is a guy id hang out with". I believe there should be a certain level of mystery between employee and employer and heres why.. Its not a friendship, let's put that aside completely, you are professionals doing a job that have a serious expectation for how its performed. The second you know too much about each other you start bringing in personal issues and thats not fair to either parties. To me thats unethical and alienating, its important to build solid relationships but its not your right to know everything about your employee, its your right to understand that hes a decent fellow at the work place and get the job done right.
I really think you guys nailed this topic. I liked it so much I am sending it to my Son in Law . He is applying for jobs in his area. I really hope he watches and pays attention. I had 14 employees, for over 20 years and it is interesting about the Social Media thing. Never had it back in the 80's and 90's when I was hiring. But I really wish that I would have, you can tell a lot about someone by their posts. Very well done in my opinion. Thanks for sharing
After a bit of time in the machine shops (40 years), I've seen that it comes down to, 1), can you do the work?. Most people can't. 2), will you come to work in a reasonably reliable way? That's a big one, I've seen $35-$40/hour guys that couldn't come to work the day after payday, or even after lunch if they got paid before lunch. 3), Did every place you've ever worked for, "Had it out for me, they were stupid!" 4), Is everything everybody else's fault? Will you admit you made a mistake? In 95% of every place I've ever been to, they don't care if you just got out of prison, they don't care if you smell bad, they don't care if you wear the same pair of pants for 2 years. Can you make them money? Social media? Don't have a bunch of Nazi shit on there. Or anything controversial. I basically don't do anything on there, maybe some motorcycle racing news, that's it. Resume? Mine is generic, plain Jane. An HR guy at Space-X made a comment about how unattractive mine was. But the content was outstanding, I've got strong experience. That was the only job that I applied for in the past 20 something years that I didn't get. So fuck'em. But there are so few machinists out there, that most shops will give you a shot at the job. You can have a professional resume, that has bullet points, the fanciest prose in the world, but that has no bearing on if you can do the job or not, and they know that.
BOOM.I saw your boxing video. Right when the guy thought he had a better swagger in his moves? You took him out, Good Speed & Great Boxing Skills Too. God Had Better For You, And Now You are helping People. And Doing a Even Greater Service For God Too. Great Going Titan! Dan 12;4 Keep Head Of The storm.Great Work.
I start machinist trade school next week. I know very little about this trade. But I like what I've seen so far. The course is seven months ..four days per week...in Santa Fe springs CA,
I have a degree in machine tool theory and CNC and a certificate in auto cad I have experience using lathes mills I’m always having trouble getting into a entry level position and machining is my dream ive work for various company and they usual will hire me in Quality assurance and debur dept it’s been ten years since obtaining this degree and I don’t have a lot of work experience but I have a great attitude and am a team player I think your advice is great and will try to use these as I keep pushing forward. Love the channel
Hard part is finding somewhere actually worth being loyal too expecially where I live , most companies don’t even deserve that cuz no matter how much u do it’s not gonna change anything
I worked for Parker Hannafin instrument division. One if the best global companies to work for. Really take care of their people. We made parts for the Navy, for submarines. I started using g and m code, but Parker uses mazak exclusively. Going from g code rj mazatrol is like paint by numbers. So easy.
Instead of bringing parts.. make a graphical resmumé, I made a "second resumé" with pictures of the coolest parts i made, with a description of how i made them, and on what machine. Furthermore.. if you are good at making small parts.. build a watch.. nothing beats building a watch. I applied for a job at an aeronautics lab once, i had been out of a job for a while, and i was asked how i stayed on top of my game.. i told the interviewer that i made some titanium watches in my home shop, and i wore one of my titanium watches that day (on purpose off course), in the end, i didn't get the job, but the interviewer was very impressed with the small parts that made that watch..
It's so amazing TITIN, u are teaching people to run a business, and I take it seriously what u say because it's so true,and most importantly it helps my spiritual thinking as a Christian as Jesus said,love your naber as yourself. BOOM💥
Hey everyone. I have 3 years of experience designing parts, making blueprints, drawing in CAD, programming in CAM and operating a fiber laser cutter. I also have experience with press brakes, shears and ironworkers. I am having much trouble finding a job in any of these areas. Your video today describes exactly what I have been doing in interviews. Including bringing examples of my work that I take the most pride in. And using them as a tool to describe the challenging aspects of the work that I enjoy. I also have been asking for and receiving tours. I also ask a lot of questions and express an interest in their operations and procedures. Yet I get calls saying that I am exactly what they are looking for yet not interested in me as an employee. I have social media accounts but have never used them for anything. Not even keeping up with family. In fact I have not logged in to them in years. Some feedback on what I might be doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Karl - I hear you on that man... Sounds like you're taking a lot of great steps to present yourself as a good option. When these employers say "thanks but no thanks" are you asking them for more info? One thought would be to reach out to 3 of the past opportunities that turned you down and ask them... a simple email with something like this could go a long way in helping identify if it's you or them with the issue. "[name], It was great meeting you to discuss the [position name] you had open recently. I loved learning about your company and I appreciate the time you spent sharing your vision and needs with me. I'm still looking for a position where my unique set of capabilities can be used and I'm not having much luck in our local area... can you give me some 'no punches pulled' thoughts on how I may have missed the mark for your specific job opening? personality/capability/professionalism... Even if it's not what I was lacking but what made the candidate you chose a better fit for the spot? All in the interests of bettering myself and my chances of working with a great company like yours in the future. Appreciate your time and candor, Karl Would love to know if you decide to do that and what you find out. It may end up that you're not doing anything wrong, or you might gain an insight that will help.
Thanks. I will do that and see what happens. I would also like to add that bringing parts to showcase my abilities did backfire in one instance. Just the fact that I brought them to the interview caused the interviewer to have made up their mind that I was not right for the position before the conversation started. In fact she was quite rude about it. This only happened once but thought it might worth throwing out there.
Sorry but if a guy comes to work at a CNC shop with a tie I'm going to tell him to take it off. A tie is a safety hazard. Same goes for long sleeve shirts or loose fitting jackets.
I've never worn a suit or tie to any interview that I've had at a shop. If I'm interviewing at a new place I'm usually going to do it after my shift at my current shop. At my last interview I walked in smelling like coolant. The GM who interviewed me knew he had found somebody that wasn't afraid of getting dirty and putting in the work. In the 15+ years I've been in the trade I can only think of one place that I interviewed at and was not offered the job. In a few places they offered me the job on the spot after the interview.
Some awesome tips there, thank you. Personally, I'd love to see a Vlog featuring the Top 5 things that Employers/Business owners should be doing or providing for their employees, and maybe even a bonus tip or two for what the Employer could do for the brand new employee into a business, and what they should expect being a new employee. The contract between Employer and Employee needs to be mutually beneficial, and not purely from a financial perspective, because their are lots of jobs out there where people can just earn money and not really do a great job for that, so what can Employers do, to bring greater benefit to their business and their employees, specially those giving their 100-120% every time they step into that door for work? I ask this, because I see that we are heading into a time of greater and greater automation, and whilst people currently need money to live and will do so for the medium-term future, there will be more challenges, with less jobs in the future. What I am seeing now, is that people are slowly turning away from "just having a job", to wanting a career that actually fulfills them, more than it ever has in the past. Keep up the great work guys, looking forward to the next Vlog!
I agree with all 5 but -1 on my SM mine is friend's and Family only , my life is separate from my professional career life, I ride a HD that's alot of my personal life style, that's something I would not share with a potential employer now what is your opinion on that would like to know, been machining for 30 plus years bty
I am looking at a CNC job and hoping for some pointers. They are willing to train and I have alot of computer knowledge but no experience with CNC machines
1) 1:30 Social Media 2) 4:33 Attitude 3) 9:36 Professionalism 4) 17:06 Resume 5) 23:59 Value Added 6) Bonus: not gonna tell you; you have to watch the video, lol
My last job was with a New England swiss cnc shop( my favorite job!). I came in with only 2 yrs experience but said my goal was to help the company make $$. i flew from tx for the interview and dressed really preppie. I miss machining. Love the trade! Thank you, Titan! God bless your work!
Hey Titan my sons that have bought the machine shop I started about 40 years ago. Not a big shop only 15 CNC machines but great long time customers and no shortage of work. What there is a shortage of is good employees. Before I retired I was extremely involved with our local VoTech and was able to get fresh young trainees .However we do have many shops in our area of north east PA . My question is just what can we do at this time to attract good quality people these days. Especially do to what unemployment is paying now do to COVID . Even Zip Recruiter hasn’t been very helpful. Any help would greatly appreciated.
I did notice the chair squeaks.. Lol. Great video I agree on everything. One question though. When your asked for your weaknesses, what is a good decent answer?
I called in sick the first day of work and now is year 23 with the same company. They must have liked something about me! I wouldn't recommend it tho unless your half dead and got confidence out in space.
How do you handle it when you come across someone who does not have a social media profile? As a former machinist (20 yesrs CNC) who turned to IT (2nd Career) I learned very quickly about how bad social media was so I stayed away from it....
Yes, From a employer I agree. Clean cut well spoken. Nothing is above or below you. I have to keep customers satisfied and coming back. I need a employee that will work toward that with me.
Best interview advice - don't say negative things about your previous employer. Asking why someone left their previous position is our most important question! Just let them talk
Work harder than you did yesterday- Don’t let negative dictate how your day is gonna go- Serve with a mindset of a servant - Reward comes to people that endures-
OK so branding and social media are a large factor. I see that in Titan Academy and how machinists are also helped to learn. Far more value is in the actual exposure enjoyed by that effort. Good advertizing and a helpful format.
Thank you this helps so much! I think it would be really helpful to do a video on common questions employers may ask in interviews if that’s at all possible
Firstly let me thank you titan for your passion for the industry and more importantly, your passion for helping people into it. I'm a manual Machinist and have been since I was 9 years old, I got my first lathe for my 11th birthday. I love making things and thought I would be somewhat safe in career because of this, but it's so difficult to find work as a manual Turner nowadays and I'm trying to get into CNC, I've picked up a little fanuc controlled lathe which I'm struggling to get working(some issue with the computer connection to the machine). Anyway at 12:35 in this video, you mention something that makes me very sad and angry, I'm autistic and find it difficult to look into people's eyes, I can't make eye contact but what I also can't do is find anyone even remotely in the same league of lathe work excellence as me, it's difficult to make nanometer verifyable empirical facts sound non arrogant, but every interview I've landed, has landed me that position, but now I can't find work, have been suicidal many times in my life and feel am heading down that hole again because opportunity just doesn't seem available anymore. I need to get my cnc lathe running because I'm a hands on kind of learner, I have been watching your videos and others and reading and doing what I can but it doesn't stick as well as it would if the chips were flying during the learning process. Its a whole new world yet I understand the machining foundation as any manual old schooler would but somethings I need to put into practice to really feel I have confidence, in some other video of yours, I think one of the basic beginner ones about g and m codes, making the m1 piece, you program the machine to tap at 1000rpm, see this is insane in my world yet I know it's about average for you. Anyway i hope I can get my machine running or get a job taking someone like me whose is seasoned in manual but total beginner at cnc. And I'll round off by saying, making eye contact might mean they are not as good at a precise activity as someone that can't because I also do other things in life like musician, and write and too much to list and I've noticed the neurotypicals will never be able to match the floor staring rainmen. Bless
Well, I have a corona induced career crisis and if given a chance would try something new. I am reasonably good at math (I have the German equivalent of a master in math and an other one in physics), liked tinkering with wood as a child. Not so long ago hat my first metal project with trashy cheap tools. I still managed some precise holes and good parts and fell in love with working with metal. I just had one exact good bore and looked at it in awe for several seconds. My mathematicians intuition just said, that is it! That is how an implementation of a mathematical concept should look like. Sadly I did not manage to continue working in that area, but I can program reasonably well. It is a hobby I started with 14 and later did a lot during my work. I wrote a Finite Element Solver for my wife, who has a PhD in engineering. We have a little family company. Further, I would be cheap to hire at the moment. Would that work, to get work in the USA. I am currently in Japan though and almost 43 years old. Is there still a chance to get a CNC Programming Job in the USA? Where should I look for Jobs and apply?
I recently graduated from a community college (Reedley college) that has a conventional and CNC Program and joined the workforce as machinists about 8 months ago..... what Advise do you have for someone who had no prior experience when most shops like work experience? Thanks by the way big fan !!!!
I just graduated CNC programming and operation. I was putting in all kinds of applications online and was getting nowhere. Finally I decided I was going to print a bunch of resumes and started going to shops. First place I went to, interviewed and got a job on the spot, and I love my job. They liked that I knew GD&T and that I could already do simple manual programming. They r training me to be one of their top machinists now.
The good things with having no prior experience is u have no existing bad habits. They can train u to be the employee they want u to be. That was what I said when they said something about prior experience.
Hi guys, great vids, I’ve been watching different Cnc videos as I take my online courses through Manpower. Can’t wait to get in a shop. I’m a schooled by Votech welder/fabricator since 1999,,, been employed at 10 shops since then ( I’m a multi skilled person and have worked in other fields as well)…I’ve worked with some incredible ppl however,I have always, as a woman in a male dominated field, had to endure a variety of egregious sexism and harassment , to the point where my policy is to not work anywhere where I’m the only woman in the shop.,My last shop was heinous and abusive and I was there 2 1/2 yrs…Anyways, I’m glad to pursue a machine operator position as I know there will always likely be more women in such warehouses. Trust me when I say the energies of a shop drastically change to be more cool and respectful for everyone when there are more equal opportunities for that. The reason I bring this up is your first hiring point is about social media..( I’m 42 and generally only really use fb).. bUT.. I am an outspoken humanitarian activist, I say what I feel on my personal platform,, that does not mean I carry myself into a professional setting in the same way… I feel that it’s ridiculous for an employer or even potential employer to discriminate against someone s credentials based on their social and political opinions. I’ve endured discrimination because of my gender,big time. Using a personal social media account to determine someone’s ability or even correctly understand their personality is base and inefficient. I honestly feel like that shouldn’t be allowed. But not like there’s much to be done for that… Anyway, thanks for the vids,they’re dope. Do you have any advice for women in these fields who experience discrimination?
As well,,, I agree about having a great attitude of course… One thing a lot of employers don’t acknowledge is that sexism and gender mistreatment in the workplace is not professional and is not ok to play down or disrespect on someone’s experience. When I apply for a job, I’m interviewing them as well in my mind, to get a feel for if I will feel safe and respected in that environment. Revealing bad experiences from past jobs having to do with sexism or harassment should not be seen as having a bad attitude. I myself have a stellar and positive attitude about my work and life,,, that has not stopped mistreatment from happening to me. There’s only so much one should expect to’have to’suck it up buttercup’… Again, I ask this super important question about handling an interview as a capable and skilled female in the field who is honest and ongaurd. I shouldn’t be expected to stay silent about that in an interview. My skills, resume ,ambitions and great attitude should get me the job. Not, dismissed because I revealed sexism at prior jobs in order to gauge wether the job I’m interviewing for would be good for my well-being on the job.
With the average CNC salary being $22/hr how difficult are you finding it to fill positions? Given that I currently have a Burger King opening near me and the starting salary is $15/hr and the responsibility will be much less than a CNC shop. Nice advice overall, but have a question for Titan what have you done as an employer to not fall into the hole that almost had you lose your shop and have to terminate all your employees, because if I recall you did have to lay-off about 30%. Do you now do 360 management and allow yourself to be open minded to be critique be your employees?
I laid off employees back in 2009 because the entire industry had a downfall... and 50,000 companies went out of business... nobody was spared. I have always been transparent and always take advice from my employees. Today I have all of the experience from my past and make business decisions based on that knowledge. All my machines are paid off and I constantly adjust based on the industry environment. Pay in this industry really depends on who you are and where you work... what’s problems you can solve and what skills you possess. There are a ton of companies rising up that are paying great wages... especially in medical, auto and aerospace.
I grant you that CNC machining is interesting, but lets look at a couple of facts 50K/yr would be a good machinist salary. Currently an In-n-Out manager makes 160K/yr with full medical, dental and vision, that is with out progressing to corporate . So when your kid is ready for college that machining salary is not going to look so good especially if the kid is gifted and makes it into MIT, Stanford, Harvard, etc. A difference on 110K is a heck of a big difference and lets not forget the medical benefits especially in a small to mid size shop are not great at all.
Titan, I am glad you learned from your mistakes and have all your machines paid, 2009 was bad but not for everyone. In the grand scheme of things 50,000 is bad, but keep in mind NYC has 24,000 restaurants. Unfortunately you fell into a variation of the Walmart trap, you let one client become too much of your revenue stream if I recall it was the submersible company. They became a big client then an even bigger client and in the end a huge client. The ultimate sin is you didn't diversify your client base enough and you admitted you got a bit too full of yourself 2 BMWs after seeing your truck I am going to bet they were not stock. Didn't you say that you got a boat too if so it was a speed or crazy fishing boat. Hint for the future take flying lessons and learn how to fly a plane and purchase one start small, that would be an asset to your business. In all Titan I enjoy your shows and I think you are doing good work, I would just like to once in a while see the mistakes (yes I know your back story) for example when you priced out a job wrong and it came around to bite you and how you fix it or how you couldn't and the negative effects it had. After all it's not all rainbows, unicorns and gumdrops. If I came off harsh sorry didn't want to, you're doing great work and helping the industry in a very positive way and I wish you all the best.
TDA I did say In-n-Out burger that would be in California which is your neck of the woods and they make 160K. Not an advocate for the fast food industry just using it as an example how some unlikely places pay phenomenally and for how in some fields wages have stagnated and how there are a lot of long hours and stress to meet deadlines for basic pay. In my area the wood frame 2 family house like you saw in the opening of All in the Family is going for 650k to 800k, but I guess you could rent a garage type place and start your own shop in it as long as you don't mind adding a bed and hot plate and frig so you can live there. Have a Question for you and or Titan, what if any saving would there be if you all pick up the shop and moved it to Arizona or Texas curious because you constantly hear how unfriendly to businesses CA is and how many regulations they impose on businesses
@TakeDeadAim That's the garbage they are spewing trying to attract an influx into the field. Reality is most companies only need one or two programmers to keep all their cnc's running. Most will try to hire you as a cnc machinist while holding the future programming seat over your head like a carrot on a string. When their buggy programs are sent out to the machines they love it that you have the skills to set the machine up and debug the program for them, all at beginner level pay. The last shop I worked in had over 100 workers and one programmer. He's been there going on thirty years with no plans on retiring for another decade. A long wait as a bottom feeder with 99 other people waiting on the same single dangling carrot. This fish was smart enough to see the writing on the wall and I'm happy to be out of that pond.
Hi Titans of cnc I am a machine shop manager from the UK. Machinist for 16 years. I appreciate what you say in this video it is a new era with social media although I try to stay away from it personally. But professionalism is key as machinists that has got to be our first and foremost concern because it embodies what we are all about doing things right, getting are parts perfect making them as fast as possible but quality is always the key because that is what we do..and we do it to the highest degree and it starts and finishes with attitude that is what will take you forward or hold you back. The work ethic of your company is sound. If I ever choose to move to the USA I will look you up. Great appreciation for what you are doing for manufacturing. Keep it up
It seems there are differences. In Finland if I applied for a job, told them I done this and that, know how to use up to this material and this machine type. If they can afford to say no to me then good luck finding someone who can do ti better than me. Especially based on my damn social media :D
I have been at my place of employment for 8 years and learned anything I could machines done maintenance everything but the owner seems not to have acknowledged anything we are five businesses in one building kind of makes you feel unnoticed so why put in the extra.I would leave in a heartbeat.
I imagine there is some disconnect on both sides and good communication is always the answer. My advice is to be the Matt that your destined to be and don’t let anyone push or inspire anything less. Your workmanship and integrity is your foundation and reflects on who you are. Always give your best and if a better opportunity comes available... take it. But until then, Be Great at being Matt.
You can always force his hand and ask him where he see's his company in three years. Ask him about future company growth and what kind of people he may be hiring down the road. He may be content with his business size just as it is and that means no career growth for you unless somebody higher up the ladder leaves. Life is to short to stop too long at a dead end job.
This coming 5 i have schedule for interview sir..for cnc machinist. I'm not confident because im just machine operator..and im not machinist..im not confident how to answer the interviewer..please give me an advice sir..thank you sir..
I took your advice and land a position I always know I deserved. I’m now hired as a shop supervisor of a machine shop and been there now for 7 months. I also took machining techniques that I’ve learned from your curriculum and improved there machining productivity by 30%. My employers are happy, I’m making great money. Thank you to everyone at Titan. Keep doing what you guys do. I love what you guys do. It works.
Thanks for the videos. Just retired from the Navy after 20 years. Currently in CNC school. Never done anything like it. Learning how to learn all over again! :)
After being introduced to Titan, I am now addicted. I have searched for CNC addiction hotlines but non exist. Since I will never be cured, I joined the academy. I love doing the tutorials. The Queen is my favorite.
😊 Thank You
-Titan
10 months ago i walked into the machinist position for a small manufacture. I had no experience at all but nailed the interview after asking for a walk through of the plant.
They had no machinist and nobody able to train me. What got me the job i believe is mostly the confidence i had at the end of the tour, they started off with "well we are looking for someone with experiance that we can hand a print to and they can just make the needed pars" i stopped them there and presented myself, "I dont see anything here that will be beyond my capability, I noticed on the walkthrough that you have the manuals for the hass mill and lathes. That is all i will require from you if you hire me." I left the interview with the usual" thank you we will give you a call"
By the time i drove 20 min home i had 5 missed calls from them. I was hired that day.
To continue a bit here, i then spent the weekend before starting on monday teaching myself gcode online. Biggest resorce was the haas manual i downloaded online but also a few youtube videos.
I learned enough over the weekend to jump right in on my first day, though it did take a few minutes to figure out that i needed to learn how to set the door hold overide...haha.
After 10 months i am running 4 or 5 different machines running different parts at the same time and can write gcode on the fly manualy for any part that comes up and even make replacement parts for our cncs.
@@solomaster9315 That's awesome! Work ethic, attitude, confidence, all working together to achieve a vision. You might be stoked to see what we have going on at academy.titansofcnc.com where we teach CAD/CAM/CNC for free - good spot to browse through and pick up some tips if you're not already a member.
I'm trying to learn Computer Aided Manufacturing to start a new career, I'm enrolled currently in 2 CAM classes in community college after stumbling upon CNC while in my intro to Machine Shop class I took for my industrial maintenance certificate program, I programmed my first tool patch today and I love it, I'm in 2 classes now and the 2nd half of the semester I'll be in at least a 3rd CAM class. I'm excited about it, my instructor uses Titan's videos as inspiration.
As an employee , if i'm appreciated , i will do everything i can to help other workers/the company/improve cycle times , all that good stuff . However if i'm not appreciated (let's say after a year) , i won't step out of my position to help others (sometimes i'll still help a coworker let's be honest) , and i won't actively improve anything . The employer-employee relationship is a 2 way street . Otherwise i agree with at least 90% of what you say .
Finding a good employer is like finding the perfect wife: You have to weed through the crap to find the gem. They key is learn from each experience and use the experience to improve on yourself.
Agreed. In reference to their comments around the 9-10 minute mark, if I come into work at 50% because I've been managing the workload of two+ employees for 6 months, is the employer going to pay me for two people? Obviously the answer is no.
As employees, especially in the corporate world, we have to be careful what we agree to take on and we have to draw the line somewhere. They aren't wrong though, it's the employees responsibility to come into work ready to rock. If it's the work load and days on duty causing the issue, then hopefully the employer recognizes that.
It's a weird sort of paradox. I know that it's unlikely I'll ever be compensated appropriately for that high performance, but I need to do it or I'm not engaged enough. I'm always looking for ways to be more efficient or to improve or create processes. Our shop has a damn good crew, and it's only getting better now that I finally have a team. Hopefully the sacrifices I made were worth it.
Your looking to outward… maybe turn yourself inward first and change your approach from “ if I’m not appreciated I’m not giving my all” to the mindset of what does it take to get appreciated and then doing that. Do stuff that gets yourself appreciated and earn it.
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@@johnathanknight3622 but that doesn't happen anymore. You're a number and that's it I work for money they pay me for work so I do exactly what my contract says and nothing more unless you want to treat me like a human
Titan, great video! I teach a high school Machine Technology course and viewed this video with them for the first time this afternoon. Your advice is spot on and your "insider Pro tips" is great insight into what an employer might be thinking during an interview. Many thanks to you and your crew. We watch your videos all of the time.
Thanks and please say hi to the kids
That's awesome Briar!
Just wanna say thank you for all your advice I got my dream cnc job a couple months ago and I strive on dedicating my next 20 years to being a master machinist and a team player all your advice helps
The insight your video provided was priceless. Not only were we educated on how to stand out and possibly obtain a job, this video also shined a very bright light on how to be the best employee you can be. Thank you for the tips and insight, this video is life changing.
I work for Tmc “Ammetek” as an
Cnc operator/Omax waterjet operator/ QC , Getting ready for computer programming school soon …. This channel gives so much understandings and well explained into depth.
Thank you for all the profession informations.
I was a supervisor at a machining shop ages ago, then moved on to sanitize a plant for a medium business. Sanitize meant a lot of fire-hire work. Then, after some 30 firings, I got heart problems, decided that being a big boss is gonna put me under, resigned, went on to work as a machinist, never looked back again. I never thought life could be so sweet despite a lot of "overqualified" looks thrown around.
Titan, as an ex-con you know how hard it is to overcome the stigma of being an ex-con when looking for work. I was one of the fortunate ex-cons that was in the right place at the right time and married the right girl. You and your team should do a complimentary segment to this one on how ex-cons can overcome the challenges of finding meaningful work in the industry post prison.
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Unfortunately there's a lot of discrimination in the workplace and often big companies won't even look at your resume if you have any negative backgrounds, even if it's an accusation/arrest but not conviction. America is not a good place for ex-cons and my advise for any ex-cons is to figure out a way to get he hell out of the USA. Sorry to say this because in the US there are so many ways for an ex con to end up back in prison. Especially as a machinist because you could for example be machining gun parts. And America's discriminatory laws means if an ex con is anywhere near a firearm they go back to prison. If you go to another country, you won't have the criminal record to worry about, you won't be around guns either (as other countries don't have weird gun laws like the US, they are illegal for all except for licensed individuals), but could still be around them for recreation in legally sanctioned venues. Also hate to say it, America is not the best place for machinists. Hardly any jobs and any job that are there is super competitive, have to be best of the best to get your foot in the door. Really high cost and regulations to start a machine shop, etc..
Some of the discrimination is even designed to stop people of color from getting hired, but are not labeled as such.
Tyler's post below, in my opinion, is wrong. I've been in shops for about 4 decades, I'm also a convicted felon. Most regular shops don't care, the hard part is hiring someone that will come to work every day. A felon probably won't get hired to count money at a bank, but machining and Fabrication shops have more felons than you would expect working in them. And it isn't that hard to stay out of the criminal justice system, just quit doing that shit, get away from the shitheads you used to run with. Nobody is setting anyone up to fail but themselves. And the "people of color" not being hired is bullshit too. If you can do the work, you've generally got a job. There are very few machinists coming up these days, the shops can't find people to hire. Many are paying very well, but can't find qualified people to hire. In fact, everything he wrote is wrong.
Weird gun laws? That we're allowed to own them, that's weird? No, I don't think so. And some guy machining parts in some manufacturing facility, that might be gun parts, is not going to go to prison for it, because he's a ex felon. Laws in the US are not discriminatory against felons. Don't break the laws any more, and you'll stay out of prison. You're just making things up to fit your bias against the US.
@@corndog6700 👏👏👏🏴 greetings from England...
P.S. u gotta Welsh name matey 👍
Titans, great to see these videos . I started as a manual type machine operator, on a Bullard, multi matic machine, 8 spindles 7 cutting stations, 1 load unload station. I worked my way up through a lead man, setup man. My associate and myself took the setups from 2 to 3 days to 12 or 8 hours. I'm telling you indicating 8 spindles , you got real good at it.
I started in 1978. And by 1986 we started into CNC Lathes. Okuma was our go to, loved them at the time. In 1988 I moved to the CNC dept.as an operator set up man ll have cut more soft jaw chuck jaws, then I caret think. In 1996 I became shop supervisor on midnight shift, I kept my lead man ideas of running the shop. If I had an operator that got lost, I took that as a teachable moment. Unfortunately that company sent the whole operation to china.long story. Then I went into bar feeders making a lot of automotive products, for fuel systems and such. My final shop I worked in was areo space products. I did teach my lead guys a lot of valuable lessons, especially, when having machine / program problems, process of elimination. I also showed an entire, engineering dept, how valuable that was. We had a machine running good size cast iron parts that required, balancing after machining. The engineers went directly to the second operation. No good, when I went to work that night and found out what they had done, I took my lead guy over to said machining cell, and started to show him how important these process steps were. Guess what, there was a huge problem in turning the first operation , that was putting runout in the part. We were using bullock chucks..first operation chuck had 80 thousandth run out innit. The programmer / engineer told everyone the second operation will take it out. Nope not if you put that runout in turning an O.D. So the next morning the plant manager, wanted to try and chew me out about why I didn't work on that machine that night. He had his engineers, all standing there, wanting to see me get put down. When I told them, you guys were looking in the wrong place, Then I told them collectively, the first operation chuck had 80 thousandths runout in it, and that Machine repair has the chuck in the shop rebuilding it.
And what's not to love about probing. I can't tell you how many probes I rebuilt, to have spares, and label machines I had to get right, because someone messed the font size up on them., for labeling our boxes. Keep up the videos, I live this life through you guys now.
So I am sitting here watching this video preparing for an interview on the 4th, a machinist apprentice gig and I suddenly realized it. The next 6 years plus of my life and path just fell into place. I want to come work for you guys- for Titan. I now know exactly what I need to do. Thanks for this- I will see you guys when the time is right.
26:25. This is probably one of the top two things that have soured me on employers. They pick favorites because of their kissing up ability and get preferential treatment while you do the job and perform as expected and get no more (or even less) than they do for it.
Also true some...
Never stop learning.
Thank you Titans of CNC you are like no other just watched this video in 2024 i enjoyed it and its very helpful. I Hope I will come back and say I grab a top job using your tips.
Be relaxed too. Act as you have a job and want to better yourself and the company you are at. AND speak the language the person speaks. If a plant manager use the terms he knows and show them you know what it's all about. If HR, speak like your speaking to mid management who wouldn't know what 'touch off' means, etc. If the owner, be humble and show him how your energy would help his company. Good luck!
Excellent advice! Being relaxed, in a situation most people would be nervous in... shows confidence.
In my ten years I still to this day try to learn something new every day. Could be something as simple as poking around tool manufacturer sights looking at their tooling. I swear they make a new coating every other day. Knowledge is power, never stop learning your craft. Recent for me was y'all's video on how to manually panel program a looping sub for an angular cut. So simple, and clean. Used it that next day at work for a fixture I had been deciding how to approach. Worked like a dream. Keep up the amazing work, from one metal junky to another. 👍
Titan. I am lucky enough to have a great opportunity with an entry level assembly job in a machine shop. I am an older guy in my 50's without a lot of machine experience BUT I have a great, previous career behind me with great references and I am smart and a solid family guy.
I have been at the shop for about a month and I have learned alot. Most days I assemble more pieces, well and consistently more than any of the younger guys (mostly engineering students). I am there every day early but I don't clock in until 10 minutes early so I don't come across as trying to abuse the time clock.
Anyway. About two weeks ago I started watching RUclipss about Haas CNC mills and taking lots of notes in a notebook every day after work for a couple of hours. Even off youtube I am learning so much. In November I will start up a year long program at a local community college so I can learn everything I can to be a Manual Machinist with some solid CNC training. But I am not waiting for the program. Every day I put in two hours of my time after work in CNC / machine shop school.
Nobody has to ask me to do my job. I know that even though I am a newbie in the work environment that I have lots of other strengths to make me a valuable person for the shop and the team. Like some of the guys here said, every day at the end of the workday I refill all of the parts into the bins on the work table. I try to make some parts to set-up the start of the day for the next guys coming so they can have a jump start on their day. I sweep up, take out the trash and clean and arrange the work space so it is clean and organized every single day.
Anyway. This is just the start of my own story in CNC / working in a machine shop but I am excited. I feel like I have a lot of opportunities to contribute and become a valuable team member over the course of the next year or two.
Titan. Thank you for the Christian testimony. It really spoke to me. Thank you for putting yourself out there and the encouragement Other older guys out there that did something else for twenty, thirty years, like I did, don't give up. Dive in with both feet. Train and learn at every opportunity. Help your team as much as possible.
Was a programmer/tooling engineer in 70s 80s 90s , wish I knew you guys then. :-) . Pocket calculators , tables, metal specs, and good machining knowledge. Even CADCAM early 80s was so basic.
80'S WAS NC not CNC
@@GuillermoRodriguez-gu3oq . Done my first CNC machine training course in Warner Swasey Asquith factory in Halifax UK circa 1979. GE1050T controller for 1SC bar feed CNC LATHE.. 😎👍🇬🇧
@@jimturkington9641 awesome we work in the same field
I think a lot of employers miss that some very sharp and skilled people have differing personalities and sometimes suffer social abnormalities. A quiet, reserved and even socially nervous person may be a genius machinist.
I'm struggling with #6, but I know it's just a dry season and I'll be back someday soon. I really enjoyed this talk and the great reminders. Thanx, guys.
EJ
Got calls back from all 5 interviews I had this week today.. excepted the best one for my family and i.. Getting laid off from my injection molding job was actually a good thing.. can't wait to start Monday
Accepted*
actually, after taxes and "benefits" you are only paying employees around 50% not to mention the hidden inflation tax that eats away the value of our dollars on a daily basis
Titan your formula is infectious for the good of engineering kind
You're game is so wonderful to listen & watch .No one else has a format likes your shop & skills on Utube I ask of followers to press that like so 300k can be achieved 👍👍👍
I enjoy watching your video sir..I have a experienced as a conventional operator before.I never try CNC machine,only NC..I have a little bit knowledge of manual programming .Now I working here in japan as a mass production operator of 4 cnc machine,3 milling and 1 lathe.Doing everyday for loading,unloading and tool changes only..To be honest i forgot little by little my programming knowledge..thank to your channel,I've Learn a lot again..more powers and god bless you all..
As someone interested in getting into CNC I'm curious to hear the pros and cons of getting into a dedicated CNC shop that gets contracted by various companies to make parts vs. getting onto a company that makes a specific thing (some examples in my area include one company that makes truck transmissions and pays CNC op's very well, another company that makes orthopedic medical devices & pays its CNC's quite well, and another that makes diesel engines that pays its CNC op's mediocre) pay aside I am most interested in manufacturing automotive parts but i think it would also be very cool and stretching to work at a CNC shop that makes all different types of things rather than lots of the same thing. But I am interested in hearing the pros and cons from someone who has more industry knowledge
I work in engineering because I get a buzz when I make things. Especially when they are spot on. It's my hobby ... and I get paid for doing what I really enjoy. If I go for an interview I'm looking for a future and making things better. I am interested in what I do, and I can tell you the learning never stops.
So for me the point is that someone has to be interested in the craft. And if you are it will stand out.
Hey Titan, I'm really brand new to your channel, but I'm really enjoying your content! Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this. I'm going to be interviewing for my first position in manufacturing tomorrow and you've really helped me!!
Titan, I just got to my 13th year with, let's call it company "A". For the last 10 years we have been battling the same problems. We have 50+ cnc machines. 5 axis mills, large horizontal mills, cnc EDM sinkers and wire EDM's. We struggle to make our dead lines on almost all of our jobs. We make 75% rubber molds, 24% plastic molds, and 1% die cast molds. Because we have a hard time finding good educated employees the owner's have been taking the better tooling out of the shop and replacing it with high speed steel tooling. ie HSS drill's to start. I was put in charge of setting up the tool crib and I worked with the manufacturer to help train the cnc people in the shop. (we called it lunch and learn) OSG Tool would bring in programmer's and the engineer's that actually designed the tools to do hands on training with the programer's and cnc people. The owner's have been away from the machining side of the shop for awhile and it is hard to get them on board to keep up with the technology. How do I get it across to them that we should move forward not backward. I have been in machining for 20 years and don't want to step backwards for my last 15 years of my career. Thanks for your time. Any words of wisdom would be great. Thanks for the info that you show in your video's I have learned better ways of helping the guys in the shop that want to learn more.
Finally I've found the Company where I work if I was in USA. Great skills. I like people who loves their gobs!!
Wow...thank you Titan. It's amazing with you. Quite simple and informative. I'm getting ready to attend an interview and your discussion helped me a lot to prepare myself about the talk there. Thank you
This is awesome! Thank you very much guys. Turning things around from a phd job (push here dummy) to self driven and yet again, thrive for the company not yourself!
I don't know about you guys, But something that helped me out in my job is that I knew a lot of the guys that worked there having worked with them before and making a good impression on them And I've seen this get abused and people get jobs that aren't qualified to do it. But I think that should be up there "its not what you know, its who you know"
All excellent points. I've been in this trade for 40 years, 30 years in ops / management / prod. engineering / programming. I'd like to add a couple.
Don't be so overly enthusiastic to the point of coming across as being ingenuine.
Express where you see improvements may be able to be made. They may, or may not work, but at least I know you're putting some thought into projects at hand. Ultimately your input may improve the process, but during the shop walk thru, don't tell the interviewer virtually everything the shop is doing is wrong, and you can fix everything.
Applicants using your tips would definitely be offered either a trial job, or at least a second interview.
I gave my all to my employer. In early, stayed late. A few years later my wife left and took my son. I lost everything. Giving your all must come with balance and a healthy respect for living, as well as making a living.
Very good information this is exactly what people need to know in order to be hired in any industry. People should appreciate that you gave this freely because this is some of the most valuable information I've seen and in this day and age wisdom and knowledge isn't free. It's it's own industry.
I agree with a lot of this how to represent your self in an interview. I believe in a few things that have worked for me. Keep resumes to 1 page. In length. That just enough to get the employer interested, clean up online profiles or privacy lock them from people not friend's. Clothing either kakies and button up. Or a work uniform and inform them your coming immediately after getting off from your current employments shift, this lets the new employer know your hungry not starving, ask more questions than the employer. But more about what their problems are and what your role and duties exactly are. not their benifits and pay save those 2 questions for the end of the interview. Ask to walk around the shop as y'all talk. This lets you see the environment. And if they mention misspellings. On the resume. Make a joke that English is your second language. Gcodes your primary. And lastly get your money going through the door. If not you'll never get it, $81k last year. Probably do 85-90k this year.
Thank you Titan, Matt and Dave for your half hour packed of solid suggestions and recommendations on what to do on getting at a company. Yes I will put all these points to get hired.
9:13. If you don't give them something to complain about, that will help. So far every employer I have had has taken advantage in some fashion. Even the best get tired of finding out that the employer was making a fool of them. EVERYONE is going to express their frustration in some way at some point. It's human nature.
Hey guys great video. Me being someone who privatises his social media to strangers puts me in a place where I disagree about the social media thing and also your head of designs statement "hey this is a guy id hang out with". I believe there should be a certain level of mystery between employee and employer and heres why.. Its not a friendship, let's put that aside completely, you are professionals doing a job that have a serious expectation for how its performed. The second you know too much about each other you start bringing in personal issues and thats not fair to either parties. To me thats unethical and alienating, its important to build solid relationships but its not your right to know everything about your employee, its your right to understand that hes a decent fellow at the work place and get the job done right.
I really think you guys nailed this topic. I liked it so much I am sending it to my Son in Law . He is applying for jobs in his area. I really hope he watches and pays attention. I had 14 employees, for over 20 years and it is interesting about the Social Media thing. Never had it back in the 80's and 90's when I was hiring. But I really wish that I would have, you can tell a lot about someone by their posts. Very well done in my opinion. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Richard!
After a bit of time in the machine shops (40 years), I've seen that it comes down to, 1), can you do the work?. Most people can't. 2), will you come to work in a reasonably reliable way? That's a big one, I've seen $35-$40/hour guys that couldn't come to work the day after payday, or even after lunch if they got paid before lunch. 3), Did every place you've ever worked for, "Had it out for me, they were stupid!" 4), Is everything everybody else's fault? Will you admit you made a mistake? In 95% of every place I've ever been to, they don't care if you just got out of prison, they don't care if you smell bad, they don't care if you wear the same pair of pants for 2 years. Can you make them money? Social media? Don't have a bunch of Nazi shit on there. Or anything controversial. I basically don't do anything on there, maybe some motorcycle racing news, that's it. Resume? Mine is generic, plain Jane. An HR guy at Space-X made a comment about how unattractive mine was. But the content was outstanding, I've got strong experience. That was the only job that I applied for in the past 20 something years that I didn't get. So fuck'em. But there are so few machinists out there, that most shops will give you a shot at the job. You can have a professional resume, that has bullet points, the fanciest prose in the world, but that has no bearing on if you can do the job or not, and they know that.
Well said
BOOM.I saw your boxing video. Right when the guy thought he had a better swagger in his moves? You took him out, Good Speed & Great Boxing Skills Too. God Had Better For You, And Now You are helping People. And Doing a Even Greater Service For God Too.
Great Going Titan! Dan 12;4 Keep Head Of The storm.Great Work.
I start machinist trade school next week. I know very little about this trade. But I like what I've seen so far. The course is seven months ..four days per week...in Santa Fe springs CA,
That’s Awesome... consume my Vlogs and check out our Free Academy also
I have a degree in machine tool theory and CNC and a certificate in auto cad I have experience using lathes mills I’m always having trouble getting into a entry level position and machining is my dream ive work for various company and they usual will hire me in Quality assurance and debur dept it’s been ten years since obtaining this degree and I don’t have a lot of work experience but I have a great attitude and am a team player I think your advice is great and will try to use these as I keep pushing forward. Love the channel
Hard part is finding somewhere actually worth being loyal too expecially where I live , most companies don’t even deserve that cuz no matter how much u do it’s not gonna change anything
I really appreciate the CAD CAM training. Thank you so much. God bless you. I practice Fusion 360 every single day.
I worked for Parker Hannafin instrument division. One if the best global companies to work for. Really take care of their people. We made parts for the Navy, for submarines. I started using g and m code, but Parker uses mazak exclusively. Going from g code rj mazatrol is like paint by numbers. So easy.
Great lesson Mr Titan and Co. Gonna share with my students of CNC. Keep doing what you're doing. Respect.
Instead of bringing parts.. make a graphical resmumé,
I made a "second resumé" with pictures of the coolest parts i made, with a description of how i made them, and on what machine.
Furthermore.. if you are good at making small parts.. build a watch.. nothing beats building a watch.
I applied for a job at an aeronautics lab once, i had been out of a job for a while, and i was asked how i stayed on top of my game.. i told the interviewer that i made some titanium watches in my home shop, and i wore one of my titanium watches that day (on purpose off course), in the end, i didn't get the job, but the interviewer was very impressed with the small parts that made that watch..
That literally is what we doing with www.CNCEXPERT.com
It's so amazing TITIN, u are teaching people to run a business, and I take it seriously what u say because it's so true,and most importantly it helps my spiritual thinking as a Christian as Jesus said,love your naber as yourself. BOOM💥
Hey everyone. I have 3 years of experience designing parts, making blueprints, drawing in CAD, programming in CAM and operating a fiber laser cutter. I also have experience with press brakes, shears and ironworkers.
I am having much trouble finding a job in any of these areas. Your video today describes exactly what I have been doing in interviews. Including bringing examples of my work that I take the most pride in. And using them as a tool to describe the challenging aspects of the work that I enjoy. I also have been asking for and receiving tours. I also ask a lot of questions and express an interest in their operations and procedures.
Yet I get calls saying that I am exactly what they are looking for yet not interested in me as an employee.
I have social media accounts but have never used them for anything. Not even keeping up with family. In fact I have not logged in to them in years.
Some feedback on what I might be doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Karl - I hear you on that man... Sounds like you're taking a lot of great steps to present yourself as a good option. When these employers say "thanks but no thanks" are you asking them for more info? One thought would be to reach out to 3 of the past opportunities that turned you down and ask them... a simple email with something like this could go a long way in helping identify if it's you or them with the issue.
"[name],
It was great meeting you to discuss the [position name] you had open recently. I loved learning about your company and I appreciate the time you spent sharing your vision and needs with me. I'm still looking for a position where my unique set of capabilities can be used and I'm not having much luck in our local area... can you give me some 'no punches pulled' thoughts on how I may have missed the mark for your specific job opening? personality/capability/professionalism... Even if it's not what I was lacking but what made the candidate you chose a better fit for the spot? All in the interests of bettering myself and my chances of working with a great company like yours in the future.
Appreciate your time and candor,
Karl
Would love to know if you decide to do that and what you find out. It may end up that you're not doing anything wrong, or you might gain an insight that will help.
Thanks. I will do that and see what happens.
I would also like to add that bringing parts to showcase my abilities did backfire in one instance. Just the fact that I brought them to the interview caused the interviewer to have made up their mind that I was not right for the position before the conversation started. In fact she was quite rude about it.
This only happened once but thought it might worth throwing out there.
Showing up in a suit and tie,
bringing notes with questions
And bringing a caliper a mic and safety glasses
Sorry but if a guy comes to work at a CNC shop with a tie I'm going to tell him to take it off. A tie is a safety hazard. Same goes for long sleeve shirts or loose fitting jackets.
I've never worn a suit or tie to any interview that I've had at a shop. If I'm interviewing at a new place I'm usually going to do it after my shift at my current shop. At my last interview I walked in smelling like coolant. The GM who interviewed me knew he had found somebody that wasn't afraid of getting dirty and putting in the work. In the 15+ years I've been in the trade I can only think of one place that I interviewed at and was not offered the job. In a few places they offered me the job on the spot after the interview.
You guys will make a great podcast the knowledge you share county CNC
Some awesome tips there, thank you.
Personally, I'd love to see a Vlog featuring the Top 5 things that Employers/Business owners should be doing or providing for their employees, and maybe even a bonus tip or two for what the Employer could do for the brand new employee into a business, and what they should expect being a new employee.
The contract between Employer and Employee needs to be mutually beneficial, and not purely from a financial perspective, because their are lots of jobs out there where people can just earn money and not really do a great job for that, so what can Employers do, to bring greater benefit to their business and their employees, specially those giving their 100-120% every time they step into that door for work?
I ask this, because I see that we are heading into a time of greater and greater automation, and whilst people currently need money to live and will do so for the medium-term future, there will be more challenges, with less jobs in the future. What I am seeing now, is that people are slowly turning away from "just having a job", to wanting a career that actually fulfills them, more than it ever has in the past.
Keep up the great work guys, looking forward to the next Vlog!
I covered all of this in my early vlogs.
Thanks
I agree with all 5 but -1 on my SM mine is friend's and Family only , my life is separate from my professional career life, I ride a HD that's alot of my personal life style, that's something I would not share with a potential employer now what is your opinion on that would like to know, been machining for 30 plus years bty
Thank you for the great information. You certainly bring something to the table and not just there to eat.
Do a video on an interview of a person fresh out of a community college.
I am looking at a CNC job and hoping for some pointers. They are willing to train and I have alot of computer knowledge but no experience with CNC machines
1) 1:30 Social Media
2) 4:33 Attitude
3) 9:36 Professionalism
4) 17:06 Resume
5) 23:59 Value Added
6) Bonus: not gonna tell you; you have to watch the video, lol
@27:54 Lol 😂
My last job was with a New England swiss cnc shop( my favorite job!). I came in with only 2 yrs experience but said my goal was to help the company make $$. i flew from tx for the interview and dressed really preppie. I miss machining. Love the trade! Thank you, Titan! God bless your work!
Hey Titan my sons that have bought the machine shop I started about 40 years ago. Not a big shop only 15 CNC machines but great long time customers and no shortage of work. What there is a shortage of is good employees. Before I retired I was extremely involved with our local VoTech and was able to get fresh young trainees .However we do have many shops in our area of north east PA . My question is just what can we do at this time to attract good quality people these days. Especially do to what unemployment is paying now do to COVID . Even Zip Recruiter hasn’t been very helpful. Any help would greatly appreciated.
I did notice the chair squeaks.. Lol. Great video I agree on everything. One question though. When your asked for your weaknesses, what is a good decent answer?
What a great channel finally I came across ♥️♥️👍♥️👍👍♥️ wish u all the best for your good work guys😍
Kitamura tutorials control panel . Can you make a video about it . 2:39
I called in sick the first day of work and now is year 23 with the same company. They must have liked something about me! I wouldn't recommend it tho unless your half dead and got confidence out in space.
How do you handle it when you come across someone who does not have a social media profile? As a former machinist (20 yesrs CNC) who turned to IT (2nd Career) I learned very quickly about how bad social media was so I stayed away from it....
Probably not the most suitable place to ask , but can you make a video on the Machinery Handbook and its importance in the field?
I love you guys , good & professional talk/chat video .
I try to learn as much as I can from you guys.
This days I try to get a Lynx...
Challenge of my life.
Social media, attitude, dressing, resume, value added, confidence....
Yes, From a employer I agree. Clean cut well spoken. Nothing is above or below you. I have to keep customers satisfied and coming back. I need a employee that will work toward that with me.
Best interview advice - don't say negative things about your previous employer. Asking why someone left their previous position is our most important question! Just let them talk
Work harder than you did yesterday-
Don’t let negative dictate how your day is gonna go-
Serve with a mindset of a servant -
Reward comes to people that endures-
Awesome and thanks. Super great tips and pointers that I'll definitely take away to use.
OK so branding and social media are a large factor. I see that in Titan Academy and how machinists are also helped to learn. Far more value is in the actual exposure enjoyed by that effort. Good advertizing and a helpful format.
Thank you this helps so much! I think it would be really helpful to do a video on common questions employers may ask in interviews if that’s at all possible
Firstly let me thank you titan for your passion for the industry and more importantly, your passion for helping people into it. I'm a manual Machinist and have been since I was 9 years old, I got my first lathe for my 11th birthday. I love making things and thought I would be somewhat safe in career because of this, but it's so difficult to find work as a manual Turner nowadays and I'm trying to get into CNC, I've picked up a little fanuc controlled lathe which I'm struggling to get working(some issue with the computer connection to the machine). Anyway at 12:35 in this video, you mention something that makes me very sad and angry, I'm autistic and find it difficult to look into people's eyes, I can't make eye contact but what I also can't do is find anyone even remotely in the same league of lathe work excellence as me, it's difficult to make nanometer verifyable empirical facts sound non arrogant, but every interview I've landed, has landed me that position, but now I can't find work, have been suicidal many times in my life and feel am heading down that hole again because opportunity just doesn't seem available anymore. I need to get my cnc lathe running because I'm a hands on kind of learner, I have been watching your videos and others and reading and doing what I can but it doesn't stick as well as it would if the chips were flying during the learning process. Its a whole new world yet I understand the machining foundation as any manual old schooler would but somethings I need to put into practice to really feel I have confidence, in some other video of yours, I think one of the basic beginner ones about g and m codes, making the m1 piece, you program the machine to tap at 1000rpm, see this is insane in my world yet I know it's about average for you. Anyway i hope I can get my machine running or get a job taking someone like me whose is seasoned in manual but total beginner at cnc. And I'll round off by saying, making eye contact might mean they are not as good at a precise activity as someone that can't because I also do other things in life like musician, and write and too much to list and I've noticed the neurotypicals will never be able to match the floor staring rainmen. Bless
Boom... thanks for the info, I will see you in the future...
Where are you all located? Do you hire entry-level employees, or an employee that has no programing experience?
Well, I have a corona induced career crisis and if given a chance would try something new. I am reasonably good at math (I have the German equivalent of a master in math and an other one in physics), liked tinkering with wood as a child. Not so long ago hat my first metal project with trashy cheap tools. I still managed some precise holes and good parts and fell in love with working with metal. I just had one exact good bore and looked at it in awe for several seconds. My mathematicians intuition just said, that is it! That is how an implementation of a mathematical concept should look like. Sadly I did not manage to continue working in that area, but I can program reasonably well. It is a hobby I started with 14 and later did a lot during my work. I wrote a Finite Element Solver for my wife, who has a PhD in engineering. We have a little family company. Further, I would be cheap to hire at the moment. Would that work, to get work in the USA. I am currently in Japan though and almost 43 years old. Is there still a chance to get a CNC Programming Job in the USA? Where should I look for Jobs and apply?
I recently graduated from a community college (Reedley college) that has a conventional and CNC Program and joined the workforce as machinists about 8 months ago..... what Advise do you have for someone who had no prior experience when most shops like work experience? Thanks by the way big fan !!!!
I just graduated CNC programming and operation. I was putting in all kinds of applications online and was getting nowhere. Finally I decided I was going to print a bunch of resumes and started going to shops. First place I went to, interviewed and got a job on the spot, and I love my job. They liked that I knew GD&T and that I could already do simple manual programming. They r training me to be one of their top machinists now.
My prior experience was medical. I had no shop experience.
The good things with having no prior experience is u have no existing bad habits. They can train u to be the employee they want u to be. That was what I said when they said something about prior experience.
u are my favaryt ....i mean ..u say it so perfectly ....ands how can i access the t-shirts ..am a young upcoming machinist from kenya
Hi guys, great vids, I’ve been watching different Cnc videos as I take my online courses through Manpower. Can’t wait to get in a shop. I’m a schooled by Votech welder/fabricator since 1999,,, been employed at 10 shops since then ( I’m a multi skilled person and have worked in other fields as well)…I’ve worked with some incredible ppl however,I have always, as a woman in a male dominated field, had to endure a variety of egregious sexism and harassment , to the point where my policy is to not work anywhere where I’m the only woman in the shop.,My last shop was heinous and abusive and I was there 2 1/2 yrs…Anyways, I’m glad to pursue a machine operator position as I know there will always likely be more women in such warehouses. Trust me when I say the energies of a shop drastically change to be more cool and respectful for everyone when there are more equal opportunities for that. The reason I bring this up is your first hiring point is about social media..( I’m 42 and generally only really use fb).. bUT.. I am an outspoken humanitarian activist, I say what I feel on my personal platform,, that does not mean I carry myself into a professional setting in the same way… I feel that it’s ridiculous for an employer or even potential employer to discriminate against someone s credentials based on their social and political opinions. I’ve endured discrimination because of my gender,big time. Using a personal social media account to determine someone’s ability or even correctly understand their personality is base and inefficient. I honestly feel like that shouldn’t be allowed. But not like there’s much to be done for that… Anyway, thanks for the vids,they’re dope. Do you have any advice for women in these fields who experience discrimination?
As well,,, I agree about having a great attitude of course… One thing a lot of employers don’t acknowledge is that sexism and gender mistreatment in the workplace is not professional and is not ok to play down or disrespect on someone’s experience. When I apply for a job, I’m interviewing them as well in my mind, to get a feel for if I will feel safe and respected in that environment. Revealing bad experiences from past jobs having to do with sexism or harassment should not be seen as having a bad attitude. I myself have a stellar and positive attitude about my work and life,,, that has not stopped mistreatment from happening to me. There’s only so much one should expect to’have to’suck it up buttercup’… Again, I ask this super important question about handling an interview as a capable and skilled female in the field who is honest and ongaurd. I shouldn’t be expected to stay silent about that in an interview. My skills, resume ,ambitions and great attitude should get me the job. Not, dismissed because I revealed sexism at prior jobs in order to gauge wether the job I’m interviewing for would be good for my well-being on the job.
Kitamura tutorials control panel . Can you make a video about it .
What type of schooling you go to to get started in this field!?
With the average CNC salary being $22/hr how difficult are you finding it to fill positions? Given that I currently have a Burger King opening near me and the starting salary is $15/hr and the responsibility will be much less than a CNC shop. Nice advice overall, but have a question for Titan what have you done as an employer to not fall into the hole that almost had you lose your shop and have to terminate all your employees, because if I recall you did have to lay-off about 30%. Do you now do 360 management and allow yourself to be open minded to be critique be your employees?
I laid off employees back in 2009 because the entire industry had a downfall... and 50,000 companies went out of business... nobody was spared. I have always been transparent and always take advice from my employees.
Today I have all of the experience from my past and make business decisions based on that knowledge. All my machines are paid off and I constantly adjust based on the industry environment.
Pay in this industry really depends on who you are and where you work... what’s problems you can solve and what skills you possess.
There are a ton of companies rising up that are paying great wages... especially in medical, auto and aerospace.
I grant you that CNC machining is interesting, but lets look at a couple of facts 50K/yr would be a good machinist salary. Currently an In-n-Out manager makes 160K/yr with full medical, dental and vision, that is with out progressing to corporate . So when your kid is ready for college that machining salary is not going to look so good especially if the kid is gifted and makes it into MIT, Stanford, Harvard, etc. A difference on 110K is a heck of a big difference and lets not forget the medical benefits especially in a small to mid size shop are not great at all.
Titan, I am glad you learned from your mistakes and have all your machines paid, 2009 was bad but not for everyone. In the grand scheme of things 50,000 is bad, but keep in mind NYC has 24,000 restaurants. Unfortunately you fell into a variation of the Walmart trap, you let one client become too much of your revenue stream if I recall it was the submersible company. They became a big client then an even bigger client and in the end a huge client. The ultimate sin is you didn't diversify your client base enough and you admitted you got a bit too full of yourself 2 BMWs after seeing your truck I am going to bet they were not stock. Didn't you say that you got a boat too if so it was a speed or crazy fishing boat. Hint for the future take flying lessons and learn how to fly a plane and purchase one start small, that would be an asset to your business.
In all Titan I enjoy your shows and I think you are doing good work, I would just like to once in a while see the mistakes (yes I know your back story) for example when you priced out a job wrong and it came around to bite you and how you fix it or how you couldn't and the negative effects it had. After all it's not all rainbows, unicorns and gumdrops. If I came off harsh sorry didn't want to, you're doing great work and helping the industry in a very positive way and I wish you all the best.
TDA I did say In-n-Out burger that would be in California which is your neck of the woods and they make 160K. Not an advocate for the fast food industry just using it as an example how some unlikely places pay phenomenally and for how in some fields wages have stagnated and how there are a lot of long hours and stress to meet deadlines for basic pay. In my area the wood frame 2 family house like you saw in the opening of All in the Family is going for 650k to 800k, but I guess you could rent a garage type place and start your own shop in it as long as you don't mind adding a bed and hot plate and frig so you can live there.
Have a Question for you and or Titan, what if any saving would there be if you all pick up the shop and moved it to Arizona or Texas curious because you constantly hear how unfriendly to businesses CA is and how many regulations they impose on businesses
@TakeDeadAim That's the garbage they are spewing trying to attract an influx into the field. Reality is most companies only need one or two programmers to keep all their cnc's running. Most will try to hire you as a cnc machinist while holding the future programming seat over your head like a carrot on a string. When their buggy programs are sent out to the machines they love it that you have the skills to set the machine up and debug the program for them, all at beginner level pay. The last shop I worked in had over 100 workers and one programmer. He's been there going on thirty years with no plans on retiring for another decade. A long wait as a bottom feeder with 99 other people waiting on the same single dangling carrot. This fish was smart enough to see the writing on the wall and I'm happy to be out of that pond.
great advice. awesome video thank you
Vision is a big word! Vision can be total, no place to put improvement. Vision can be also light we are open. The play go both way.
I'm new to the industry so I don't really have any formal experience working for a company. Can these 5 tips work for someone about to graduate?
Hi Titans of cnc
I am a machine shop manager from the UK.
Machinist for 16 years.
I appreciate what you say in this video it is a new era with social media although I try to stay away from it personally.
But professionalism is key as machinists that has got to be our first and foremost concern because it embodies what we are all about doing things right, getting are parts perfect making them as fast as possible but quality is always the key because that is what we do..and we do it to the highest degree and it starts and finishes with attitude that is what will take you forward or hold you back.
The work ethic of your company is sound.
If I ever choose to move to the USA I will look you up.
Great appreciation for what you are doing for manufacturing.
Keep it up
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I suck at interviews, and I suck at taking test! But I try my hardest and don't quit under pressure.
It seems there are differences. In Finland if I applied for a job, told them I done this and that, know how to use up to this material and this machine type. If they can afford to say no to me then good luck finding someone who can do ti better than me. Especially based on my damn social media :D
is previous experience as a computer programmer any advantage when working with CNCs ?
To have a career at your shop with you would be AMAZING!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing video.
I have been at my place of employment for 8 years and learned anything I could machines done maintenance everything but the owner seems not to have acknowledged anything we are five businesses in one building kind of makes you feel unnoticed so why put in the extra.I would leave in a heartbeat.
I imagine there is some disconnect on both sides and good communication is always the answer.
My advice is to be the Matt that your destined to be and don’t let anyone push or inspire anything less.
Your workmanship and integrity is your foundation and reflects on who you are. Always give your best and if a better opportunity comes available... take it.
But until then, Be Great at being Matt.
You can always force his hand and ask him where he see's his company in three years. Ask him about future company growth and what kind of people he may be hiring down the road. He may be content with his business size just as it is and that means no career growth for you unless somebody higher up the ladder leaves. Life is to short to stop too long at a dead end job.
This coming 5 i have schedule for interview sir..for cnc machinist. I'm not confident because im just machine operator..and im not machinist..im not confident how to answer the interviewer..please give me an advice sir..thank you sir..
Thanks guys! An awesome overview of expectations and providing great guidance.
Love your channel!!!