TestJunkie

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Dear newbies and wannabies of Software Testing, Please dont do this. They just dont have the right to make money of the insecurity of novices who are afraid that nobody would hire them if they are not certified. ISQTB, QAI etc. etc. all these so called Boards are made of people who want to make money for doing nothing. Nobody has the right to certify people to enter the profession. We are not in the medical industry or the airline industry where certain standards are to be met. If there is anything where you should spend your resources on, its books, or a kindle for the tech savvy. Books which will help you be good at what you do or intend to do. A damn good broadband connection, if you will. Some good hardware which will connect you to the world you live in. It is practicing your craft, studying it, trying to explain, and what not which will help you stay relevant in the testing industry not some useless certification. Oh, and if you still feel its worth your dime, just as

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Is there anyone in the profession who feels he knows enough to work in the industry? I surely don't and am still being entertained here for this long. Just tells you how helpless the profession is.  Talk about scratching the surface, I feel I am six feet under the surface. Even though I am sure that nobody in my current, and soon former company, has read more than the Testing head of the Dept., I wish I would have found out a way to know how much he has read on the subject. I am happy that I don't have to oblige to writing test cases which add little value to the product and I hope my next employer is more interested in Test ideas than cases. After these many years, I am atleast aware of what not to do while testing. So anyone who would like to call me up for an interview, if you are going to talk about buzzwords such as Kanban, automation or god forbid, Test cases, please don't bother. Peace:)

This is an effort to explain anyone who has ever asked me what i do for a living. I had never thought I would ever blog in my lifetime. But, after facing the same question from relatives to random acquaintances i decided to put in words what i did and did not do. Even though I am sure a minority of such people will actually take the effort to read about someone's profession, b'coz they hardly read about their own, this post will relieve me of the dilemma of explaining something few people in the profession, let alone the world, would understand. Without further ado, here’s what I do. I try to get from what the stakeholders know about the product to what they need to know about the product. I am the guy the manager and the coders are afraid of. I am the headlights of the SUV they are trying to drive in the dark in all kinds of terrain. They hope and pray that I am not at my best when I am asked something to test. They try and encourage me to take it easy and not

Note - Cuss words ahead. After a few yrs of wasting my career around no good losers, this is the best way I think to make your point. Sorry for any grammatical errors, if any. English is not my first language and I am trying to be good at it. Its Saturday, early (very early) Morning in India and my Manager just can't wait for the Sun to rise. Guess why? Friday was the delivery day for the plethora of changes our client sitting in US, who does not even feel the need to have a dedicated tester in his team, had ordered. And btw, in India, the tag for an employee not being 'Billed' to the client is, 'Non Billable'. How tough was that to guess? Back to the point. Now the unreasonable part of a tester's life in an average IT services company in India. In the following discussion, Manager: M and Tester: T M: We have promised the date from the client. Can't let him down again, we're fast losing his trust because of frequent issues he keeps getting. T: