Thanks so much for watching! I realized I was a little vague in some of my answers and thinking of doing a Part 2! If you'd like a more in depth video, please leave a comment below with any specific questions you might have 💖
Hi Kim. I would love a more in depth video. I work in software implementation (a nice blend of technical and non-technical skills) and want to move to QA as a tester and may want this to be my career long term. My questions are: What are important technical skills and tools that a new QA Tester should know? How long does it take to move from QA Tester to Engineer to SDET? What role does or could AI play in QA today? Thanks, Alexis
Hi! Great video, especially the points about team work and communication skills :) I've done a web dev bootcamp, got a job as a frontend developer but realized that I prefer QA. Working as a tester now and really enjoying it. I'd love to hear more about acquiring new QA skills and learning something in-depth as I'm worried that I don't learn enough on a daily basis. Did you switch industries on purpose? Does the industry matter to you at all or do you aspire to try as many different fields as possible?
@@natbud7987 Great question. For acquiring my skills honestly I learned almost all of them on the job. My career has always been in QA, but switching industries hasn't ever really been on purpose just kind of happened that way. I'd say I prefer to work with a particular culture (modern) over an industry but for sure. Some industries tend to lean more modern (Fintech for example) so that could be why I enjoy working in that industry. I might try and cover this in a future video so you don't have to read a whole wall of text hehe
Really appreciate you sharing this wealth of info for people looking to get into QA. I just enrolled in the Careerist bootcamp and I'm excited to start on Monday. I'm going to watch this again and make notes so I can get the most out of my education. Thank you so much!
Oh my gosh I don't know how I missed this comment but I'm SO SO sorry. Hello fellow QA Engineer! I appreciate you for watching and for the kind words. Mindset definitely helps and trying to remove self deprecating language is pretty big as well. Hope you're doing well and are having a great day when you're reading this :)
Thanks for being thoughtful with your answers and presenting the content like a normal conversation. There was a lot of great tips, tricks, and guidance. Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much for your honesty and willingness to share your experiences with Quality Assurance. I appreciate it and learned a lot towards furthering my career in tech.
thank you for your invaluable insight, kim! i have experience in cybersecurity and currently looking to change fields and this has given me a really good idea of what the qa engineer experience is like. it seems like it will be a great fit for me and i'm really glad you've picked something that you enjoy as well!
Oh awesome, I'm so glad you found it helpful! I think QA is a fantastic career path and there's a lot of room to grow. I think if you can find a way to utilize your knowledge of cybersecurity along with testing you could find yourself a very valuable person for companies to hire! I hear so much about cybersecurity and that seems like a field that's going to continue to be growing in the future, along with general software testing and security!
Great video, I am also a QA Engineer and make videos on my channel. This was so useful to hear and I can relate to a lot of what you said. Keep it up - and great video! 😎
Thank so much, your video was so helpful and so interesting to watch!! I really enjoyed it. In your next videos could you pls compare the projects you worked on, teams, styles, etc. and what you liked best? and what practices you learned and think are the best from all the projects you worked on? since you had a lot of experience and people request to work with you on their project, I think it would be valuable for us to hear too
Hey there! So sorry I'm getting back to your comment so late. Thanks so much for watching. I LOVE this question and will work on a video around these questions in the next few days and hopefully get it up soon. This is honestly a better topic than some of the others ones I have in the can that's probably more insightful. Thanks for the suggestion, I really do appreciate it :)
Thank you Kim! I did go to a bootcamp, but I am studying automation at the moment. Are there any projects that you recommend to help me stand out first recruiters? And yes I would love a part 2
I think if you setup some sample test cases or test plan, that would be a great start! You can choose any website (say Amazon) and write some example test cases to do things like search, remove items from Your cart or change regions for example. Also you can get some real work experience through UTest which I would also recommend as well. Hope that helps 💓
Are you a manual QA or Automation QA? Would you consider becoming a software engineer? Are you good at math? I’m a QA Engineer and got the position unconventionally. I’ve done quite a bit of learning in my own and have a long way to go. What do you do to stay sharp? How does one build tests during development if I don’t know what the developers are talking about?
@@niawingard9895 my job now is a bit different but my last role was heavy on automation. I do has an MS in computer science so I do have a background in math (although I didn’t use much advanced math for automation to be honest). To stay sharp I’d listen to QA podcasts and look for ways to enhance my code or automate things that were hard. Usually that led to learning new tools or ways to write code. To build out tests during development get really friendly with your dev team and talk through your goal and they can probably help you get started or lend technical support. If you don’t know what the devs are talking about that’s the first step. Understand how your software works, how your front end and backend work, things like that. I’d recommend just booking some time with a dev and telling them you’re trying to learn more about how things work and I’m sure they’d be more than happy to show you and break it down so you can start to understand 🙂
I’ve been in retail for 8 years and trying to figure out what to do in life. Then I decided that I want to do something in tech like qa tester and start from there. But I don’t know where to start.
Thanks for the video Kim! It was helpful! Is it possible to make a video with Scenario based questions for QA with some sample answers. Also, for people with Manual Testing experience - who have a career gap and would like to restart their career - and have gained knwoledge on 1 programming language and 1 automation tool and worked on some self projects - Can you give suggestions on how to get back to the career in this present market as they would lack Automation experience and companies are seeking for experienced Automation folks. What and how many tools do you suggest to learn. And how well can we portray our knowledge in the resume so that team would think of considering our profile. Thanks!
Hi there! Sorry I missed your question before. I think this is a great question. As far as a career break, I'd say the best way to get back on track is to take time to learn the new languages and tools that are more in demand, maybe creating a sample project on Github. Tools to learn: Postman (API testing tool), Cypress or Playwright (UI automation), Appium (mobile automation), and Jmeter (performance testing tool). That's a pretty long list but if you check out Test Automation University website, there are videos and tutorials on learning that you can follow alongside. Also, as far as portraying knowledge you learned off the job, you could either create a Github profile and upload sample projects or on LinkedIn, add what's called a Career Break and then list what you learned during that break. Hope that helps :)
I've been having trouble breaking into the industry. I did a bootcamp, took an API course, passed the ISTQB, and now I'm learning Java. Still can't get hired and I started applying in October 2023. It's been disheartening. I even reached out to a mentor who helped me with my resume. I'm pretty lost.
Honestly, the hardest part is going to be landing your first role. The job market is really tough right now but if you can get into a QA Engineer position (or analyst), you're on your way!
@@user-yl3qt5rx4g it’s still in demand yes, but the market is tough for a few reasons.Over the past few years, companies have reduced their budgets so they’re not hiring as many engineers as before and reduced salaries. And in addition, there are much more people in the job market due to the layoffs from early 2023 to even the layoffs that continue today. There are just a lot more engineers in the market than there are jobs 😞. Also, based on the interviews I’ve had, a lot of companies are outsourcing their QA to other countries and a lot of work is contract and not permanent. So yea, just a lot tougher than it was say 5 years ago
what's your best advice to lvl up from junior QA to senior QA? should a junior QA work in any company to get expertise? either it's a startup or a stablished company?
Hi there! I'm so sorry I'm just now responding to this. I think tips to level up from junior to senior to find areas of improvement at your company and start ticking off some of those things. Start by improving documentation to help with training or learning. You could also start volunteering to solve some problems with testing certain hard to test parts of your software. Maybe research tools, or find workarounds. Start showing your teammates, or do a training. People will start to look at you as a leader or innovator, and that's how you start getting more senior level tasks and roles. If you need help, mentorship and just getting your head wrapped around software engineering without being overwhelmed, I would avoid a startups. They tend to lean more on experienced people to get things off the ground and established, and not having experience will be hard to do that. An established company has more structure to help you get your bearings without being overwhelming. Hope that makes sense!
Hi there! I recommend checking out the Playwright and Typescript tutorial on Test Automation University before going to Udemy. They're free and a great introduction. Hope that helps.
@@AkwiSandra of course! I wish I could be more help with a specific recommendation for a Udemy course but if you're trying to do web automation, anything for Playwright or Cypress is a good place to start on there. Best of luck
I have heard of her and this program but have not heard of anyone who has successfully been through the program or anything to give their feedback. Do you have any input there? I'd love to hear about it if so :)
@@Kimbuucha that’s what I wanna know sometimes she has a free seminar and I feel like they are fake robots in there she has a six month program we’re over like 897 and she said she said her graduates are making 90 to 100 K with no degree
I bought the 3 day bootcamp and got her book. Since I already completed a bootcamp, it wasn't really that helpful to me and I think you need more skills to get hired.
@@rileystein6195 she wasn’t that good so they didn’t help you find a job or is it better to go with somebody else? She always saying how people find a jobs. But I never seen nobody. I’m nobody from that program.
Thanks so much for watching! I realized I was a little vague in some of my answers and thinking of doing a Part 2! If you'd like a more in depth video, please leave a comment below with any specific questions you might have 💖
Hi Kim.
I would love a more in depth video. I work in software implementation (a nice blend of technical and non-technical skills) and want to move to QA as a tester and may want this to be my career long term.
My questions are: What are important technical skills and tools that a new QA Tester should know? How long does it take to move from QA Tester to Engineer to SDET? What role does or could AI play in QA today?
Thanks,
Alexis
@@annakut5406 great suggestion. I’ll see what I can do 🙂
@@alexismarotte2680 these are great questions. I’ll see if I can incorporate my thoughts in my next QA video 🙂
Hi! Great video, especially the points about team work and communication skills :) I've done a web dev bootcamp, got a job as a frontend developer but realized that I prefer QA. Working as a tester now and really enjoying it.
I'd love to hear more about acquiring new QA skills and learning something in-depth as I'm worried that I don't learn enough on a daily basis. Did you switch industries on purpose? Does the industry matter to you at all or do you aspire to try as many different fields as possible?
@@natbud7987 Great question. For acquiring my skills honestly I learned almost all of them on the job. My career has always been in QA, but switching industries hasn't ever really been on purpose just kind of happened that way. I'd say I prefer to work with a particular culture (modern) over an industry but for sure. Some industries tend to lean more modern (Fintech for example) so that could be why I enjoy working in that industry. I might try and cover this in a future video so you don't have to read a whole wall of text hehe
Really appreciate you sharing this wealth of info for people looking to get into QA. I just enrolled in the Careerist bootcamp and I'm excited to start on Monday. I'm going to watch this again and make notes so I can get the most out of my education. Thank you so much!
QA Engineer here. I really liked your video. I could relate to a lot of things you said and having the right mindset.
Oh my gosh I don't know how I missed this comment but I'm SO SO sorry. Hello fellow QA Engineer! I appreciate you for watching and for the kind words. Mindset definitely helps and trying to remove self deprecating language is pretty big as well. Hope you're doing well and are having a great day when you're reading this :)
Thanks for being thoughtful with your answers and presenting the content like a normal conversation. There was a lot of great tips, tricks, and guidance. Keep up the great work!
Oh wow thanks so much for the kind words and the encouragement I really appreciate it 🙂
Thank you very much for your honesty and willingness to share your experiences with Quality Assurance. I appreciate it and learned a lot towards furthering my career in tech.
Glad it was helpful! Let me know if I can help with anything :)
Thanks so much for this video! Its really insightful and gives me a deeper understanding of how QA works!
@@charliezhang271 oh yay glad it was helpful!
thank you for your invaluable insight, kim! i have experience in cybersecurity and currently looking to change fields and this has given me a really good idea of what the qa engineer experience is like. it seems like it will be a great fit for me and i'm really glad you've picked something that you enjoy as well!
Oh awesome, I'm so glad you found it helpful! I think QA is a fantastic career path and there's a lot of room to grow. I think if you can find a way to utilize your knowledge of cybersecurity along with testing you could find yourself a very valuable person for companies to hire! I hear so much about cybersecurity and that seems like a field that's going to continue to be growing in the future, along with general software testing and security!
Thank you for sharing your experience. That’s really valuable info especially for me as a mid QA engineer trying to level up!
Glad you found it helpful. Best of luck on your leveling up and in your career 💓
Great video, I am also a QA Engineer and make videos on my channel. This was so useful to hear and I can relate to a lot of what you said. Keep it up - and great video! 😎
Ayyyy nice! Thanks for watching. I’ll definitely check you out!
@@Kimbuucha I love your vids! Eye opening to hear about another fellow software tester
@@callummander aww thanks so much I really do appreciate that! cheers!
Thank so much, your video was so helpful and so interesting to watch!! I really enjoyed it. In your next videos could you pls compare the projects you worked on, teams, styles, etc. and what you liked best? and what practices you learned and think are the best from all the projects you worked on? since you had a lot of experience and people request to work with you on their project, I think it would be valuable for us to hear too
Hey there! So sorry I'm getting back to your comment so late. Thanks so much for watching. I LOVE this question and will work on a video around these questions in the next few days and hopefully get it up soon. This is honestly a better topic than some of the others ones I have in the can that's probably more insightful. Thanks for the suggestion, I really do appreciate it :)
Thank you Kim! I did go to a bootcamp, but I am studying automation at the moment. Are there any projects that you recommend to help me stand out first recruiters? And yes I would love a part 2
I think if you setup some sample test cases or test plan, that would be a great start! You can choose any website (say Amazon) and write some example test cases to do things like search, remove items from
Your cart or change regions for example. Also you can get some real work experience through UTest which I would also recommend as well. Hope that helps 💓
Are you a manual QA or Automation QA? Would you consider becoming a software engineer? Are you good at math?
I’m a QA Engineer and got the position unconventionally. I’ve done quite a bit of learning in my own and have a long way to go. What do you do to stay sharp? How does one build tests during development if I don’t know what the developers are talking about?
@@niawingard9895 my job now is a bit different but my last role was heavy on automation. I do has an MS in computer science so I do have a background in math (although I didn’t use much advanced math for automation to be honest).
To stay sharp I’d listen to QA podcasts and look for ways to enhance my code or automate things that were hard. Usually that led to learning new tools or ways to write code. To build out tests during development get really friendly with your dev team and talk through your goal and they can probably help you get started or lend technical support. If you don’t know what the devs are talking about that’s the first step. Understand how your software works, how your front end and backend work, things like that. I’d recommend just booking some time with a dev and telling them you’re trying to learn more about how things work and I’m sure they’d be more than happy to show you and break it down so you can start to understand 🙂
I’ve been in retail for 8 years and trying to figure out what to do in life. Then I decided that I want to do something in tech like qa tester and start from there. But I don’t know where to start.
Very good video. Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for the video Kim! It was helpful!
Is it possible to make a video with Scenario based questions for QA with some sample answers.
Also, for people with Manual Testing experience - who have a career gap and would like to restart their career - and have gained knwoledge on 1 programming language and 1 automation tool and worked on some self projects - Can you give suggestions on how to get back to the career in this present market as they would lack Automation experience and companies are seeking for experienced Automation folks. What and how many tools do you suggest to learn. And how well can we portray our knowledge in the resume so that team would think of considering our profile.
Thanks!
Hi there! Sorry I missed your question before. I think this is a great question. As far as a career break, I'd say the best way to get back on track is to take time to learn the new languages and tools that are more in demand, maybe creating a sample project on Github. Tools to learn: Postman (API testing tool), Cypress or Playwright (UI automation), Appium (mobile automation), and Jmeter (performance testing tool). That's a pretty long list but if you check out Test Automation University website, there are videos and tutorials on learning that you can follow alongside. Also, as far as portraying knowledge you learned off the job, you could either create a Github profile and upload sample projects or on LinkedIn, add what's called a Career Break and then list what you learned during that break. Hope that helps :)
Thanks for the tips senior.
I've been having trouble breaking into the industry. I did a bootcamp, took an API course, passed the ISTQB, and now I'm learning Java. Still can't get hired and I started applying in October 2023. It's been disheartening. I even reached out to a mentor who helped me with my resume. I'm pretty lost.
Find opportunities to volunteer to get experience.
@@user_16309 I wish, but I barely even have time to learn Java and apply for jobs.
@@user_16309
Open source community contribution counts?
Try Utest to get experience or go with companies like Cognizant they get a lot of freshers
Where u do your bootcamp at? If you don’t mind me asking
How hard is this from 1-10 cus I'm really thinking about this course but idk much about it
Honestly, the hardest part is going to be landing your first role. The job market is really tough right now but if you can get into a QA Engineer position (or analyst), you're on your way!
@@Kimbuucha how did the market become tough? i thought this was a role thats in high demand as every company in any field needs a tester or engineer
@@user-yl3qt5rx4g it’s still in demand yes, but the market is tough for a few reasons.Over the past few years, companies have reduced their budgets so they’re not hiring as many engineers as before and reduced salaries. And in addition, there are much more people in the job market due to the layoffs from early 2023 to even the layoffs that continue today. There are just a lot more engineers in the market than there are jobs 😞. Also, based on the interviews I’ve had, a lot of companies are outsourcing their QA to other countries and a lot of work is contract and not permanent. So yea, just a lot tougher than it was say 5 years ago
what's your best advice to lvl up from junior QA to senior QA? should a junior QA work in any company to get expertise? either it's a startup or a stablished company?
Hi there! I'm so sorry I'm just now responding to this. I think tips to level up from junior to senior to find areas of improvement at your company and start ticking off some of those things. Start by improving documentation to help with training or learning. You could also start volunteering to solve some problems with testing certain hard to test parts of your software. Maybe research tools, or find workarounds. Start showing your teammates, or do a training. People will start to look at you as a leader or innovator, and that's how you start getting more senior level tasks and roles. If you need help, mentorship and just getting your head wrapped around software engineering without being overwhelmed, I would avoid a startups. They tend to lean more on experienced people to get things off the ground and established, and not having experience will be hard to do that. An established company has more structure to help you get your bearings without being overwhelming. Hope that makes sense!
dope video
Thank you so much
i'm a tester but i want to go into automation please can you recommend me best udemy tutorial for that
Hi there! I recommend checking out the Playwright and Typescript tutorial on Test Automation University before going to Udemy. They're free and a great introduction. Hope that helps.
@@Kimbuucha Alright i'll make sure to check it out
Thank you so much
@@AkwiSandra of course! I wish I could be more help with a specific recommendation for a Udemy course but if you're trying to do web automation, anything for Playwright or Cypress is a good place to start on there. Best of luck
@kimbuucha what about for beginners is udemy a good one
Do you know who Jennifer Gaddis is.?
She has a program called Road to QA…
I have heard of her and this program but have not heard of anyone who has successfully been through the program or anything to give their feedback. Do you have any input there? I'd love to hear about it if so :)
@@Kimbuucha that’s what I wanna know sometimes she has a free seminar and I feel like they are fake robots in there she has a six month program we’re over like 897 and she said she said her graduates are making 90 to 100 K with no degree
I bought the 3 day bootcamp and got her book. Since I already completed a bootcamp, it wasn't really that helpful to me and I think you need more skills to get hired.
@@rileystein6195 she wasn’t that good so they didn’t help you find a job or is it better to go with somebody else? She always saying how people find a jobs. But I never seen nobody. I’m nobody from that program.
@JasmineChapman-op9ci from what I've seen, tripleten looks like a good bootcamp.
Thank you