Is CNC'ing a good job/career?

[DylanJ1]

So long story short, 1 year ago when I was 19 I was jobless and pretty much was handed a job as a trainee CNC operator on +30% my minimum wage.

1 year later I've learned A LOT. My boss keeps saying one day I will realize how much of an opportunity I was given to learn the CNC and the skills at such young age (bare in mind I have no qualifications at all and no idea what a CNC even was).

I feel ive gained enough experience that I could go elsewhere and be "OK" with operating CNC wise (which to confirm I have 0 plans of doing!).

I just sort of feel ive been ignorant and slightly took it for granted until now. Mainly because ive recently gotten super into my job and searching things at home how I could improve my work & be a better CNC operator and also noticed CNC'ing in roughly the same all around the world.

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[rodw]

I personally think in the future the money will be in the 3D design, not running the machine that an be done anywhere in the world. But as a CNC machinist, you will be a much better designer than most of them who don't understand how a part is made. The skillset you are learning will eventually become mostly obsolete as technology marches on. Money is made by creating things, not by making them.