Want to change your career, get into Quality Assurance....

[rapbeats]

WORD. in the beginning I use to get nervous with a list of requirements...then come to find out I never used SQL or any other shyt they stated as a must have. LOL. I barely used ALM...you have to be a very confident in the interviews.

certain industries and companies use SQL and certain companies use other things and swear by it. when in reality you can use all sorts of languages to get the same result. obvious some are better for certain software than others. but their are people that a master C coders and java gurus that are literally doing analyst work using that. never touching sql. others 100% all in on sql, and never even thought about a programming language and never will. lol. but they are beasts with sql when it comes to pulling data.

 

[rapbeats]

yea this kills me, companies will have some long technology stack they want you to know and when you get there them folks dont know the mess themselves and you may use some of the tools once every blue moon. It can be real intimidating if you never worked and think "damn i gotta know all this" especially when every job asks for a different list of a ton of things. Best thing I always say is when applying to jobs, look up people on linkedin who have the job now and look at their resume/skillset because often times they dont have (or at least list) half the skills their job ask for.

my take on these over blown Qualifications/Duties is this: I think there are 3 reasons for these companies doing this.
#1 because the economy belly flopped not long ago, it made jobs scarce especially good paying jobs. So they already know their are still a lot of HIGHLY QUALIFIED people out there. so they are trying to get masters. the problem is they want to pay masters apprentice money. doesnt make sense.

#2. A lot of times they are not even trying to hire you personally. they have a friend in mind or someone already in the building that they want to move up. so they angle the qualifications/duties to match that person perfectly. shady i know.

#3. HR has too much input. HR is HR, they dont know ish about tech to be honest. I think HR people hiring for tech jobs should have to have been in the field in some compacity other than HR prior to getting a job in HR. So they overshoot with all this...you gotta do this, that and the 3rd. and know this that...
its like come on now.. if i knew all of that i wouldnt be asking you for 70k. i would be making 150 somewhere else.

They are asking for Google and Tesla SR Engineers at the price of a first time analyst. it's silly.


Most people even in tech dont know EVERY language there is to know. and everyone knows. once you know a few, you have the basis for them all.

and truth is, you dont have to know everything about this stuff. as long as you know whats possible anyone with a brain can hit google, or youtube in a moment of crisis.

shoot, all the super geek boys making the big bucks are all online trading hints and tips. what the heck do people think StackOverflow and many other sites like it are for..lol?

 

[unit321]

No Offense...your job is difficult enough...or you want us to think that...i know you guys have secret sites you visit and share codes

Uh, there are no secret sites. When it comes to finding help, I either Google it or look it up in a manual.
There are "paid" sites that provide technical support. I don't use them but others might.

I don't "assume" others have an easy job, whether it is a BA or QA or whatever. I'm not a manager so I'm not out to micromanage everyone.

 

[unit321]

I've been doing contract work. just looking for a full time position or get into a government project and get secret clearance. shyt gets tiring having to decide if i wanna move to another state for 6 months...my friend got a job with department of defense, 3 year contract at 85 per hour as a Business Systems Analyst

he kept telling me to learn more about QA roles but i wanted to stay under the radar and didn't expand my knowledge lol

oh.

 

[Mowgli]

the cert game aint what some make it out to be. you can't just get a cert and get a great paying job. in addition for jobs like the ones the OP is talking about. Analyst stuff. You need WORK experience. Especially BUsiness Analyst. you can learn all the programs you want. but you wont know how to apply that to real world stuff unless you're actually doing the job and someone makes constant requests for you to do analyst work.

But usually they are asking for 5 years exp, sometimes 3 for Bus Analyst. now granted a lot of times the actual job isnt even that difficult. and i tell people all the time. most of these office jobs aint that hard. its just a matter of you getting a shot at doing them to the point it becomes 2nd nature. once that happens is smooth sailing. very few office gigs are really difficult when we're talking about analyst work.

Stop it. Jr positions are all over the place and the level of competency required to get some of these certs speaks for itself. It ain't hard to find employment in this game.

And if you don't have the experience but are confident you know the work through the use of labs you will be good.

Yeah it takes hard work but what career doesnt. The point is its a field you can get into for CHEAP and it pays WELL.

You can talk yourself out of Persuing anything if you think of why you're going to fail

 

[PaperEnterprise]

Uh, there are no secret sites. When it comes to finding help, I either Google it or look it up in a manual.
There are "paid" sites that provide technical support. I don't use them but others might.

I don't "assume" others have an easy job, whether it is a BA or QA or whatever. I'm not a manager so I'm not out to micromanage everyone.

Bruh i was joking about secret sites lol

 

[Virtuous_Brotha]

QA's are responsible for analyzing business requirements and writing test cases...understanding test plans and milestones. 5th phase

in order to do waht they are suppose to they have to know certain manual and automation tools...

Sounds easy as hell breh just testing shyt works against requirements? i wanna make money in the least stressful way possible so

 

[rapbeats]

Stop it. Jr positions are all over the place and the level of competency required to get some of these certs speaks for itself. It ain't hard to find employment in this game.

And if you don't have the experience but are confident you know the work through the use of labs you will be good.

Yeah it takes hard work but what career doesnt. The point is its a field you can get into for CHEAP and it pays WELL.

You can talk yourself out of Persuing anything if you think of why you're going to fail

SLOW down plaiboi. no one said dont pursue anything. i just stated the facts as they are.it aint easy. i just like people to know the real. yeah yeah..nothing is easy. but people still listen to "oh all i gotta do is get some certs and thats it?" No thats not it. Just like the "all i gotta do is get a degree" crowd. no...thats not all you have to do. you may be faced with these barriers. learn that their there before you hit them so it wont shock you into freezing up and never pursuing like you said. But know that they are there. be prepared to deal with them if/when they come. Thats all i'm saying. This aint doom and gloom. but this aint pie in the sky either. i'm a realist

 

[Mowgli]

SLOW down plaiboi. no one said dont pursue anything. i just stated the facts as they are.it aint easy. i just like people to know the real. yeah yeah..nothing is easy. but people still listen to "oh all i gotta do is get some certs and thats it?" No thats not it. Just like the "all i gotta do is get a degree" crowd. no...thats not all you have to do. you may be faced with these barriers. learn that their there before you hit them so it wont shock you into freezing up and never pursuing like you said. But know that they are there. be prepared to deal with them if/when they come. Thats all i'm saying. This aint doom and gloom. but this aint pie in the sky either. i'm a realist

Getting the certs isn't easy
Getting a job isn't easy
Nothing is easy

But there arent many people who know their shot that are STARVING out here. Is the point im trying to make

 

[Malik1time]

well if muthafukkas wanna make 70k or 100k plus, they better get use to the office environment. do a few years and save and start their own business...

ain't no easy way. i don't like waking up at 4 am to go make donuts at dunkin donuts, but I do to pay bills. Sometimes it's a lengthy process to land a job but I invest an hour or two per day to learn more or master what I already have been introduced to...i just shared the info. rest on these guys and gals.

real knowledge

 

[Malik1time]

Someone help a nikka out my little brother is 21 years old and got kicked out of school I'm tryna help him do something.any advice on what certs he shud do? Or anything

 

[chabvongaBlackus]

If you got advice for a young breh please pm me.....i'm about a year to graduate with my CS degree

 

[Wink Beaufield]

QA is okay work. Pay is good.
Some people who don't like the office environment lifestyle won't like it: cubicles, water cooler talk, "that guy", vending machines, computers, etc.

I'm a QA/QC guy, but I work from home.

 

[MoneyTron]

I'm a QA/QC guy, but I work from home.

You got a Grand National breh?

 

[PaperEnterprise]

Someone help a nikka out my little brother is 21 years old and got kicked out of school I'm tryna help him do something.any advice on what certs he shud do? Or anything

I teach this shyt now. PM me