I worked for a year at a pretty gross shop doing manual machining. A month ago I started at a new shop leaning deep hole boring. The new shop is so nice, brand new machines of all sorts. People are happy to be there???? Free food every other day.

Problem is, having gone from making cool stuff on a manual, boring is just...not interesting.

So I was completely honest with the boss man after 30 days. Said this isn't what I want to do. He said he appreciated my honesty, would hate to see me leave, and see what he can figure out.

Yesterday he came with a plan. Send me to the local community college to learn programming. Sounds awesome. I only know how to edit a program but he'll let's see how far I can go

I just don't know what to make of this. Is it so hard for places to find people who show up every day and give a little effort? If so, we must be in higher demand than I imagined. My mind is kinda blown because I thought they'd be mad investing the time to teach me boring and me noping out.