>> I have a two-year degree in automation systems technology.
I think -- and so that's the foundation.
That's so you have the technical knowledge where you can start in an entry-level
and maybe start being a machine builder or machine installer or a service technician.
But what's more important is once you have that willingness to learn, willingness to accept
that there's no way you can know everything, willingness to ask for help when you need it,
and a willingness and a lack of fear of failure.
So we primarily program Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers.
So that's my primary PLC language, light or logic.
As far as robots are concerned, I was hired because of my experience with Kuka Robots.
And each robot manufacturer has its own innate language but the structure of a robot program
from manufacturer to manufacturer doesn't really change.
You know? The basic concepts of main programs, you know, called programs, loops --
there's basic programming concepts that go into every robot out there.
If somebody is considering getting into, you know, robot programming
or automation programming in general, having a base knowledge of some
of those programming concepts would be helpful.
The languages change but the structures don't really change.
So the company that I work for, we'll bring people in to kind of see what the job entails.
To, you know, see what the day in the life of a robot programmer is like.
And they'll get to see all different aspects and stages of a job
because we have multiple jobs on the floor.
So they can sit and talk with a mechanical or electrical engineer to kind
of see the beginning development processes of a project.
And then they can come out to the floor and witness the installation.
They can sit and talk with a robot programmer or a PLC programmer and ask them questions
and just kind of see, you know, what that day looks like.