Why I Am a Software Tester?

“The remarkable journey of a person lies in his visions and not a flawed path of anyone else.”

My journey as a Software Tester started a bit unexpectedly.

I appeared for the initial interview rounds, assuming it to be a Development opportunity. To be honest, like every other Computer Science graduate out there, I was a bit skeptical about going ahead with Testing.

But finally, I decided to give it a try. Only with the hope that my curious nature will help me in this field. I couldn’t accept the offer without putting up this question – Will I get an opportunity to switch to Development in case Testing doesn’t interest me? :). When I appeared in the technical round, I wasn’t prepared for anything more than the basic concept of Software Testing.

Believe me- I had a bad experience with a company, but never even got a thought of leaving Testing after that.

The important point I want to highlight here is- All this was from an understanding of Testing in practice and not just theory.

My life changed and has a turning point, I left my first job and return back home to solve my family problems for a long time. After that returns back, with vacant hands. Looking forward to hope. All shades of life are dark not a single friend, relatives help me. Having a lot of family responsibilities, start a struggle to get a job. Finally, join a college as a professor. Work with a lot of hopes, stable my family. After a long-time period.

I start my career again as a software testing engineer, after a long struggle.

I have been in the Software Testing field for almost six years now. It has been an amazing journey with so many different experiences and plenty of fruitful learning.

Presently, I am working as a QA Consultant looking after some 5-6 products and modules. But what gives me real joy and happiness when I share my concepts and people utilize them.

Of course, many people have contributed to my learning, but I can still say most of my experience and knowledge has come the hard way (and probably the best way), i.e. Learning/solving it on my own.

I believe documented stuff won’t teach you real testing, though it can give you some direction and then you are on your own. At least in my case, there were problems which maybe not documented to solve my exact problems or I couldn’t find them in time. My only choice was to understand the problem/situation at the core and react to it with the approach I found right.

If I have to bind my experience in a few sentences, it goes like this: “Your curiosity, attention to details, discipline, logical thinking, passion for work and ability to dissect things is all that matters to be a Destructive and Successful Tester. It worked for me and I strongly believe it will work for you. If you have these qualities, it has got to work for you.”

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