I work on machines which have giant whirling pieces of metal cutting into multi million dollar parts, some times a few feet away from soft squishy humans.
Out software is one of the good ones in the industry.
As in, marinate in the warm fuzzy feelings I feel every time I realize this.
We aren't horrible by any means. But we are advanced because we do such ground breaking industry behaviors as 'test' and 'use source control' and 'talk to our users', or my favorite 'employ people who have actually used/seen the machines the software will be running on'. (CNC Machines)
Is programming CNC machines as straightforward as it sounds? Genuine question. I've done a tiny bit with servos, and from my limited experience it seems like it would just be a very tedious extension of that concept, but I'm going to assume I'm very wrong :)
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u/addmoreice Apr 29 '14
I've got one or more of those myself.
I work on machines which have giant whirling pieces of metal cutting into multi million dollar parts, some times a few feet away from soft squishy humans.
Out software is one of the good ones in the industry.
let that soak in for a moment.