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7/12/2015 9:43:42 PM
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Yea, I got my first job while in college, I'll be graduating this Spring. I "make" $34,000 a year, but take home about $27,000
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  • What kind of work are you doing?

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  • CNC Mill for the most part. I work for a company that makes bearings for car transmissions. Best machining job in the immediate area, but I have to get more experience before I can get a better job. I've only been working as a machinist for about a year now. There are jobs about an hour away that pay about twice as much as I make now, but I have to have 2+ years of experience and a degree to even apply.

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  • Wanting a degree seems a bit much. It's getting that way here though. One of my friends applied for a job at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). He's a CAD programmer, on CATIA. They wouldn't even consider him without a degree, despite the fact that he already does the same work for them know, but through a supplier. I'm on a 5 axis mill at the moment. Working for a pattern and tool makers.

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  • Used to be experience was enough for most companies, it's almost impossible to get a decent machining job without a degree now. Small shops don't care as much, but for most major companies it is a requirement. It's honestly pretty silly; there are people with 5+ years experience in the field who can't get hired because they don't have a degree. Yet the people who get those jobs usually only have a year or two of experience, but have that special piece of paper, so they get dibs. For now I'm stuck here until I graduate in the Spring, but once that's over I'll be long gone.

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