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[shutupGabi]

@shutupGabi what do you do currently?

Working at UPS last 5 yrs and got a second job doing deliveries at a bakery beginning of the year.

Went to EMT school 2 yrs ago cuz it was close to what I was doing when I was in college...finished all that but had a couple setbacks with the certification process so now I'm at the point of do I wana go back and redo EMT or go in a different direction and pick up another trade.

 

[Lord Nemesis]

Working at UPS last 5 yrs and got a second job doing deliveries at a bakery beginning of the year.

Went to EMT school 2 yrs ago cuz it was close to what I was doing when I was in college...finished all that but had a couple setbacks with the certification process so now I'm at the point of do I wana go back and redo EMT or go in a different direction and pick up another trade.

Never interested you in getting on the wait list for driver? Since you've already put a nice bit of time in

 

[konceptjones]

SQA stands for Software Quality Assurance.

The idea behind is think about any website you use or any app on your phone. When they are in the development phase, they need to be tested. Thats where SQA comes in, to test the app while its being developed.

In this case testing the app means to use it the way you would regularly use the app as a customer.

Lets take your banking app for example. If you were working on that app as an SQA, a typical day would be like this. You would be given a list of tests to run. These tests would have every step written out for you. It would he like step 1 - enter user name field. You would enter your username and if the characters you typed appeared as you typed them on the screen you pass the test, if not you fail it. Step 2 - enter password in the password field. Step 3 - click sign button. And so on. You would just follow these steps to try and get the expected results. And do that for all the functionality on the app.

SQA is kind of a life hack. You end making as much money as nurses and doctors and its really a job a monkey could do.

I've done QA work for about 12-13 years as a part of my IT duties and when I was working as an engineer it was my day to day. When it's hardcore, I have to sit with the PM's and determine the requirements and get them fleshed out. Once we have the requirements, we have to get with whatever functional team delivers either software or hardware for a given requirement and develop the test methodology. Once we have that, we write the tests and have them reviewed. After that, we work with the functional teams to run the tests until they're at a point of a final release or final hardware build and then go through shoulder-to-shoulder testing with the client or management and then a final FQT (Formal Qualification Testing).

A few years ago I did some testing for a Canadian Bitcoin exchange and I had to write the tests and run them myself. Only took a few hours one night; quickest $500 I've ever made legally.

 

[shutupGabi]

Never interested you in getting on the wait list for driver? Since you've already put a nice bit of time in

Nah it would be too much of a life suck. No time to do anything else if you driving 60 hrs a week. Suicide would be in my future.

 

[Remy_LeGermz]

Learn about splicing fiber, once you get certs. Not much physical exertional, lots of travel in ur area.

 

[VulcanRaven]

There are different ways to get in. There isnt an official way to get into it really.

The easiest way is to look up SQA training in your area and try to find companies that will hire you and teach you. these companies wont usually ask for any technical knowledge or degrees. They will usually put you in a class with like 10 people for a few days and pick out the most enthusiastic people and hire them. They look for hungry people that show them they are fast learners. If you get picked, and take my word for it its hard not to get picked, they hire you and put you on a project where they teach you as you work.

The way I got into it was I found an unofficial 2 month course that taught how SQA worked took it. Its unofficial cause its not a real school and you dont get a cert or anything. You just pay them and they teach you. So i took that class, learned what i had too, created a fake resume with 5 years of experience and gave it out to recruiters and applied to contracting jobs. There is less of a chance of background checks when it comes to contracting jobs. So I did that, did 8 interviews, learned from them, and got a job on my 9th interview.

The first way is easier, the second way got a much better payoff cause you can bypass starting salary and start at like 70k.

Anyone interested should try both ways at the same time. look up sqa jobs on monster.com where you live and try to find companies that will hire you and teach and at the same time look up a raggedy ass SQA school and try to learn and cheat your way in.

If you do some research and decide you might actually wanna try to get into it, I can try helping

Hook me up @AZTG