@@lauraarnold6185 my first qa position was a tester with no portfolio or testing experience. I started as a basic entry level video game tester which to this day is still probably the easiest way to get experience. If you don’t have that, I’d say watch some videos on creating test cases or test plans and setup sample test cases or test documents in GitHub and link that on your resume if you don’t have applicable experience. Hope that helps 💓
I agree, I really enjoy working with the members of my scrum team. Although our interests are not the same and I have no idea what they are talking about when they get into video game and Pokémon talk LOL, it’s still fun just listening. Also my QA team is great, we can see each others queues so whenever someone is swamped with work, we help each other out. It’s also a great way to learn different ares of software we may not know. If you have any pointers on transitioning from a manual tester to a QA engineer, that would be great!
@@23speech yes I’m so happy to hear that! Helping other QA work is definitely a great way to learn. Pointers to transitioning to QA Engineer is a great topic and I’ll try to get something on that soon 💓 thanks so much for watching I really do appreciate it
Hi Kim! I currently work as a QA, I would say middle level, and I am considering switching to business analyst position. It's is not that I don't like my current job, I'm just considering this as a growth option. My employer supports my decision, so I will be able to switch to business analyst role within the company I'm currently working in. My question is - do you think that's a good idea, maybe you've had some experience or know people who were QA's and then became business analysts? I'm thinking about getting a BA certification, but not sure whether to get the cert as a first step, or it would be better to read some books about business analysis, try working as a junior BA and only after I get some understanding about this position, responsibilities etc. get a certification? I will highly appreciate any tips from you! :) By the way, your QA-related content is a gem, glad I found your channel!
This one is going to be hard for me to answer, because I honestly don't know of anyone that has switched from QA to business Analyst. I actually just switched out of QA fairly recently but there is some overlap. I think there are definitely some aspects of QA that will be beneficial as a business analysts (looking for issues, preventing them, attention to detail) and things like that. I think if you are transitioning out within the same company and have a job lined up, go for it! But now is not the best time to pivot without something lined up would be my biggest two cents. I think certs, in theory sound good but most companies care most about experience. I will always advocate for free over paid things. If you can get a project or two under your belt, create good proposals or samples, that'd be a better use of your time. And then networking, networking, networking. Find TH-camrs that are successful business analysts (I've seen a few pop up), join a discord if they have one and get insight and tips from others already in the field. There are also very active facebook groups for people in tech as well so look those up too! Thanks so much for watching and I hope that helps. Let me know if you still have questions and I wish you the best of luck in your pivot. You got this!
I don't actually. I think there are definitely things that AI can do more efficiently that a human but there will always be things that humans are needed for :)
If you have any tips to share based on your experience and projects you've worked on, PLEASE share them below to help others in this space
Hey girl! When you first got your first QA position, what did you have in your portfolio? Any tips would be appreciated ❤️
@@lauraarnold6185 my first qa position was a tester with no portfolio or testing experience. I started as a basic entry level video game tester which to this day is still probably the easiest way to get experience. If you don’t have that, I’d say watch some videos on creating test cases or test plans and setup sample test cases or test documents in GitHub and link that on your resume if you don’t have applicable experience. Hope that helps 💓
@@Kimbuucha THANK YOU 💕
I agree, I really enjoy working with the members of my scrum team. Although our interests are not the same and I have no idea what they are talking about when they get into video game and Pokémon talk LOL, it’s still fun just listening. Also my QA team is great, we can see each others queues so whenever someone is swamped with work, we help each other out. It’s also a great way to learn different ares of software we may not know.
If you have any pointers on transitioning from a manual tester to a QA engineer, that would be great!
@@23speech yes I’m so happy to hear that! Helping other QA work is definitely a great way to learn. Pointers to transitioning to QA Engineer is a great topic and I’ll try to get something on that soon 💓 thanks so much for watching I really do appreciate it
Hi Kim! I currently work as a QA, I would say middle level, and I am considering switching to business analyst position.
It's is not that I don't like my current job, I'm just considering this as a growth option. My employer supports my decision, so I
will be able to switch to business analyst role within the company I'm currently working in. My question is - do you think that's
a good idea, maybe you've had some experience or know people who were QA's and then became business analysts? I'm thinking about getting a BA certification, but not sure whether to get the cert as a first step, or it would be better to read some books about business analysis, try working as a junior BA and only after I get some understanding about this position, responsibilities etc. get a certification?
I will highly appreciate any tips from you! :)
By the way, your QA-related content is a gem, glad I found your channel!
This one is going to be hard for me to answer, because I honestly don't know of anyone that has switched from QA to business Analyst. I actually just switched out of QA fairly recently but there is some overlap. I think there are definitely some aspects of QA that will be beneficial as a business analysts (looking for issues, preventing them, attention to detail) and things like that. I think if you are transitioning out within the same company and have a job lined up, go for it! But now is not the best time to pivot without something lined up would be my biggest two cents. I think certs, in theory sound good but most companies care most about experience. I will always advocate for free over paid things. If you can get a project or two under your belt, create good proposals or samples, that'd be a better use of your time. And then networking, networking, networking. Find TH-camrs that are successful business analysts (I've seen a few pop up), join a discord if they have one and get insight and tips from others already in the field. There are also very active facebook groups for people in tech as well so look those up too!
Thanks so much for watching and I hope that helps. Let me know if you still have questions and I wish you the best of luck in your pivot. You got this!
Thank you so much!
Do you think AI will replace QA?
I don't actually. I think there are definitely things that AI can do more efficiently that a human but there will always be things that humans are needed for :)