The #PSQC18 conference on April 07, 2018 was around the theme of \u2018adapting to change\u2019. There were around 11 talks on different topics from testing, automation, agile, security and data analytics and a segment \u2018My two cents in two minutes\u2019 where participants were invited to share the challenges faced in the testing career in two minutes.<\/p>\n

Background to the talk<\/h2>\n

For past 11 years I have been trying to understand why testers are treated as second class citizens in the software industry, one of the changes we need to make is \u2018Technological Excellence\u2019, for more read here<\/strong>. In that spirit, this talk was around how to become a \u2018Technical tester\u2019, where a hypothetical fresh graduate shares his testing career adventures and lessons he learns along the way solving each challenge.<\/p>\n

Testers must be technical<\/h2>\n

I argue testers must be technical through a story our hypothetical tester shares with us. A story of his first testing job where features were left untested due to lack of technical depth, causing huge repercussions for the company.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/span>

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Understanding the Technology stack<\/h2>\n

Our tester\u2019s next job is about testing a hybrid application, this time he shares his journey of learning about technology stacks and how learning that helps him in testing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/span>

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Aptitude for designing algorithms<\/h2>\n

The next challenge is to learn automation due to the amount of testing he has to do. He learns it\u2019s not about tools or languages which makes a good automation engineer, but something even more fundamental.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/span>

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Develop the right attitude<\/h2>\n

Over time once the peaceful workdays have now turned into stressful debug marathons. On the run again to learn how to deal with it, his master guru tester explains the dilemma of a programmer life and how to deal with trouble shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/span>

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The talk seemed to be well received, so I made a separate video for the YouTube<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/a> channel where you can enjoy the insightful journey of our young tester :<\/p>\n<\/div>

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