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Back to school--anyone else?
I have always been interested in metalwork and fabrication, and think I would have been pretty happy with a career as a machinist. Maybe it was just the grass is greener syndrome, but now that I have attained advanced age (62), I figure it's not too late to start on my umpteenth career. Machining might be it. I have a friend whose brother got his cert at age 64 and got a job. Loves it.
So, this week I applied to a community college to take a course in CAD and fabrication. My next door neighbor teaches the class and will be the instructor. Yesterday I toured the school facility--oh my! They have the coolest collection of mills, lathes, water jet cutters, NC machines, and miles of welding booths. They also have full carbon fiber setups, including an autoclave. I was drooling--could probably spend the rest of my life learning to use just some of this stuff.
I'm curious if anyone else has gone back to school and learned something new after a career doing unrelated stuff. I'm really jazzed about it.
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