>Titan's of CNC and Haas both have great youtube channels addressing training because of exactly this.

I would love to get into aerospace manufacturing. Any chance a code monkey can make the switch? What is the entry level pathway like?

Sort of related but I, a 28 year old tech guy, am going back to school part-time to get a BEng so I can get into more aerospace-heavy roles. It'll take 6 years but I'm currently happy with my work so am not in a rush. Currently I work in networking/search for a defense startup so it's tangentially related.

>Sort of related but I, a 28 year old tech guy, am going back to school part-time to get a BEng so I can get into more aerospace-heavy roles.

Best of luck to you friend. Absolutely worth it if you can hack it. I tried at 26 after a few years in the industry, and failed miserably. Protip: pay for a good math tutor.

It's the technician life for me, unfortunately.

aerospace -> code monkey seems to be the more common route to me but that might be sample bias