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Questions tagged [career-development]

Questions regarding moving toward a personally determined career goals in the field of software quality assurance and testing.

Questions regarding moving toward a personally determined career goals in the field of software quality assurance and testing. May include educational, organizational and personal development.

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Is testing position only for young specialists?

Today I've read the following opinion from the head of one of the biggest IT companies in my country: An IT specialist is such a strange profession that in his youth an employee is much more worth than in his old age. I am not joking. The…
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Software testing: a first step to development?

I've been testing Ubuntu daily builds for QA since last month. I wasn't too confident in learning development yet, because I didn't feel familiar with encountering a bunch of code. But I want to write code and develop software one day. So far, I…
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Remote work as a tester?

My circumstances dictate that I have to work from home. This complicates my employment chances and I am searching for a career that is flexible. Can software testers work 100% remote? If so, how do I get there from zero experience? I live in…
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Career Change in to Testing

I've around 10+ years of experience in Banking operations including reconciliations, sales, customer services, asset management, and financial transaction QA. Coming to academics I've done my PG in commerce (costing, auditing, banking, and…
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SDET working as freelancer?

Many developers work as freelancer, developing a project on request. Is there a similar career path for SDET? I would like to work in a similar independent way, e.g., by automating tests per project. If there is something like that, where can I…
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Experienced QA/SDET, wondering if this is a good career move

First post here in general. I'm debating what the next move for my career should be and could really use some external points of view. A bit of background about me: 34 years old. In South America. Have a 3 year CS degree that's probably below a…
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Are ISTQB Test Manager and ASQ Manager of Quality the same level?

I would like to know whether the ISTQB Test Manager and ASQ Manager of Quality provide the same body of knowledge, and whether both certifications hold the same value? What are the differences between the two?
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Career path for an Information System Management graduate

I'm an Information System Management graduate from a British university. I had many migration in my life. So after my graduation, I moved to Canada and I tried to find a job for more than 3 months but I was not successful. So I went back to my home…
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Want to be Software Tester? From where to start?

I have done C/C++ in 2007. In between 2008 to 2015 I was doing business. Now I want to study again. I want to be Software Tester (Master Level). Can anybody help me and let me know how & from where to Start. Is their any Prerequisite Course required…
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