[adingus]

At 26 I made the switch from manufacturing management to coding. I started practicing and just trying to apply my new skills everywhere I could within the job I had, even when using old approaches would have been better. I slowly moved in the direction of coding and now I am a full time dev. There's the cliche phrase "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail". Well I say just pick up the hammer and whack things and you eventually find the nail.

[krasotkin]

I'm glad you shared. It's funny as CNC/fabrication is something appealing to me right now. Our stories might end up thematically parallel but reversed.

[adingus]

The job I was doing was all quality assurance engineering and management so I wasn't actually "making" anything unfortunately. I have played around with CNC machines & lathes and they're quite fun so if you're interested in that then give it a go!

[GianFabien]

As long as it's not your fingernail.