Tell me about yourself - Sept 6, 2022

[Olga Zoricheva]

Hello everyone! My name is Olga.

* What is your education

- geology;
- developmentof mineral deposits;
- assessment, diagnostics, design of precious and semi-precious stones;

* What is your work experience

- chief geologist at a water well drilling exploration company;
- saller;
- sewing master;
- cleening;

* Why career change (what was wrong with your previous profession)

- maternity leave, moving to USA.

* Why QA

- good job, good salary, good benefits;

* How you see yourself professionally in 5 years

- good QA automation engeneer;

[Dariia]

* This year i will get a Bachelor s degree ( i am 19 years old )
* I have small business
* I want to learn something new, and try myself in another direction
* What is relevant
* In 5 years, probably professional in QA testing

[Olha Danylova]

Hello, my name is Olha. In 2017 I have graduated from Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana with Associate degree in Database Management/Administration. Also I have a 3 years of coursework in Physics from Chernivtsi State University in Ukraine. After my College graduation I completed an OPT training in DATG in Burbank,CA as A Data Engineering Intern. Before I came to US I’d worked in Dutch IT company located in Chernivtsi, Ukraine as a Support Engineer and A Software Test Engineer which I have actually started my career in IT with (that time we used completely different tools and software for bug reporting). After a relatively big gap in my career I have decided to go back to QA testing again, because, if to think about my last college degree, I dont have time to catch experience for the whole time that has already passed to come back and be competitive with others in Data Technology field, and also I want to spend more time with my family and son, which is not almost possible while you work in Data Technology jobs, because you, like a mad genius, usually spend 24/7 for solving some problems in you head, no matter you are in the office or at home. I have my personal expectations and ambitions to be successful in QA, to start QA automation as soon as possible and go up as high as I can in my career as a QA engineer.

[kiwisad]

Hi everyone!

My name is Nastya.

I have got a Bachelor`s and Master`s degrees of Chemistry in Kyiv, Ukraine.

During last 8 years I were working as Laboratory Assistant in International School in Science Department. Due to Covid and the war in Ukraine, there was a lot of online classes, so I were switched to Teacher`s Assistant position to provide support in class preparation.

In august my work contract wasn’t prolonged due to cutting of job positions. Anyway, 8 years were enough to understand that I don’t see myself as a teacher in future.

I had to observe a lot of lessons with interesting tasks, creative approaches to the presentation of the material. But sometimes teacher's hard work was not visible because of the many small details. This phenomenon exists not only in teaching. It's a shame when the idea is good, but the implementation is weak. It seems to me worthy to devote my life to the realization of ideas. Most people on the planet use phones, laptops, so there is a lot of work.

Being honest, in 5 years the most logical would be to learn automation and to narrow myself as a tester. Instead of vertical growth, I would prefer to improve my technical skills.

[nikubot]

Please, share your story in that format:
* What is your education
* What is your work experience
* Why career change (what was wrong with your previous profession)
* Why QA
* How you see yourself professionally in 5 years
Hi.
My name is Nicolae Botnari.
I have a bachelor's degree in Information Technology.
My work experience is: Web developer(6 months).
I moved to the USA and I want to try something new, to have a new experience.
I like everything related to software, and QA is easy to understand, and maybe it's quicker to find a new job.
Try to study Automation Software.

[serhiipeka]

Hi, My name is Serhii (Serge).
I have two Master's degrees in History and Management in Ukraine.
I worked in McDonald's in Ukraine for 14 years as an assistant of Manager.
In 2017 I moved to the USA. I had a variety of jobs like as construction, UBER driver, COMCAST technician, etc
I like testing work because
1. It's a future. The life mostly goes online;
2. IT sphere always grows up and changes. It's great to always learn something new!

In 5 years I see myself as a Team Leader or CEO.

Respectfully, Best Regards!

[Maryna Mykhailenko]

I am Marina. I came from Ukraine. In Ukraine, I graduated from a medical university with a degree in pharmacy (master degree). And I've been very successful In less than a year, I achieved what I planned to do in the first 5 years. Due to the fact that I could connect with people, put myself in their place, calculate the options and sell what the client needs to be happy and remain our client.
If it touched on my work, then I was looking for a place for a pharmacy, calculated profitability, recruited and trained staff, ordered goods and brought it to profit on time. Which has already made my leaders happy too! For many years I played the Green Card Lottery and won. And so I came to the USA, to the country of opportunity and decided that I needed to change to the fullest and reach new heights. That is why, having studied the market for work and training, I decided to start with testing. And I am sure that in this area I can be successful and happy! because I can see the software through the eyes of the user. And within the first 5 years become a Lead software Testing Specialist

[Sergiu Grossu]

I graduated Computer Science with minor in Artificial Intelligence at State University of Moldova. Graduated in 2005 with no work experience I did get a contract offer of 2 years as IT Specialist at FinComBank Corporation. In 2 years I moved to a full-time job with this company. Worked for several years with this company. After I moved with my family to the USA. Here in 2010, I did find the same job as an IT Specialist at the Company which offers network and computer solutions, smart home automation, and video surveillance. Even though I did like the job, at one point the routine I had, it was exhausting. I started looking for something also technical, but in a different environment, where a friend of mine who works in QA Field, suggested me to try QA, this is how I learned about the existence of QA. I took some classes to update my knowledge and did a lot of research about QA Tester. I started as Junior QA (entry level) on a 12 months contract and I liked it. In just one year learning and working hard I was promoted as a QA Engineer with a full-time job at Software Consulting Company, located in Tampa FL. I had the opportunities to work on multiple Projects. Since the first day I have enjoyed every day spent on this field. In the present I working remotely as QA Engineer at XYZ company

[Elena Kulesh]

Helle,
1. My name is Elena. I graduated a music college.
2. I was working as a music teacher for 5 years at school.
3. After immigrated to US I was working in a computer company as an assistant technician for 13 years. Right now, I have been working as an accountant and administrator.
4. QA is a good opportunity to start new career. I like to work with a computer, find a bugs and overcome difficult and new tasks.
5. In 5 years, I want to be a professional in QA testing.

[Ivan Bodnar]

Hello, My name is Ivan Bodnar. My work experience is seller retail on ebey.I want as Software testing because as a user I find bugs. I picked QA because I want to grow in that career and become more professional. In 5 years I would like to gain automation tester skills and become a Senior QA Automation Engineer.

[T.Marina]

• My name is Marina. I have a Bachelor degree in Management.
• Before moving to the US I worked in logistics. My main job was finding and fixing discrepancies between inventory in SAP and the real inventory. That was medical equipment and spare parts, so, the discrepancies were really expensive.
• My previous job was pretty unique, because of the field - mix of medicine and logistics and job responsibilities. I liked it, but it is almost impossible to find a similar job. I did not want to change it to “heavy logistics” like warehouse operations or transportation, and also because of family I did not start a career right after moving to the US.
• I knew about the QA for a long time, but until recently I was not closely familiar with this job. As soon as I learn about it more, I find it more attractive.
• I am sure I have a lot to learn in this profession. So, I see me becoming more knowledgeable, working with interesting projects. Maybe it can be interesting to be a team lead in QA.

[Yekaterina]

Hello,
I'm Kate. I have a Bachelor Degree in Education and Master's in Linguistics.
My teaching experience is about 10 years for now. Working in modern linguistics required learning programming languages long time ago. This how I discovered my first programming language for myself.
I also have experience in Real Estate and hold a CA RE license.
After I took a break to take care about my child I decided to change my career and started learning programming on my own.
I enjoy working in IT industry, learning new things fascinates me.
In 5 years I see myself much more proficient and strong professional in QA, automation testing or development.

[svet17-83]

Hi, My name is Svetlana.
I have a Marketing degree in Belarus.
My work experience is selling manager 7 years in Belarus.
In 2013 I am moved to the USA, took care of my kids, in the evening worked in cleaning service also door dash.
I want to have a good job in the feature , I like to learn and try something new and grow more work skills.
I see myself in QA automation.

[maria_a]

Hi, everyone!
My name is Maria.

* I have a Bachelor degree in Management. I also have some knowledge of HTML and CSS.
* My most recent job was billing for a transportation company.
* I always wanted to work in IT field.
* I think that QA is a perfect fit for me, because I like challenges, learning new things, solving puzzles.
* In 5 years I see myself as a Senior QA Automation Engineer.

[Grigory Davydov]

Hello, I am Grigory Davydov.

• I have master degree in aircraft design engineering.
• First 6 years of my career I worked as design engineer, customer success and account manger in aviation industry.
  4 years ago I joined telecommunication company as project manager leading the team of software and hardware engineers in order to built various inflight entertainment and connectivity solutions for airlines.
• I won a green card and moved to the heart of the Silicon Valley to continue my career in IT industry.
  As it is hard to compete with local IT project managers because of my English, education and lack of understanding of the local market, I decided to utilize my previous experience and knowledge in software development to grow as a QA engineer. I also missed engineering tasks being a Project manager.
• I am technical and very detail oriented person.
  I also love studying IT solutions to find how they work.
  I am passionate about delivering the perfect products to the customers.
  These 3 characteristics make me a tester with a really great potential.
• In 5 years I will become a QA lead at Google with deep knowledge at testing automation and load testing.