Tell me about yourself - Sept 6, 2022

[Tatiana Prikhodko]

My name is Tatiana. I graduated from National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" with Master`s Degree in economics.
I used to work in a big international company as Executive assistant to Area Director. Currently I`m on maternity leave and because of the war in my country I was forced to go abroad with my children. I have to go forward and obtain new knowledge and skills, that’s why I decided to start my development in IT. I had some recommendations and inspiration from my family members who are working as QA in USA.
I`d like to become a Project manager in 5 years.

[ALSUHAN]

Hello, my name is Alsu
* I have bachelor's degree in linguistics
* most of my career I worked in customer service departments but last 7 years I was a housewife looking after my children
* my family has moved to USA and now I need an up-to-date profession to do for a good living
* this profession is challenge for me, a new sphere where I can use my capabilities
* In 5 years I see myself as in-demand QA professional or QA manager

[jmacias7817]

Hi, my name is Junior.
I have a high school diploma and some college experience.
I have been in the customer service industry for 7 years, Hopitality industry for 5 years and Currently have been an Electrician in the military for almost 3 years.
I enjoy being an electrician but I want to change my career because I have always wanted to work with computers. I really enjoy the challenges and searching for small details in codes/ programs.
QA will allow me to work from home and I will also be getting a good salary right from the start.
In 5 years I see myself as a project manager and also having a business on the side.

[Tetiana Laricheva]

Hello! My name is Tetiana Laricheva.

I have a Master’s degree in German and English philology.

I worked as a teacher for over 10 years. I really enjoyed teaching, but someday I realized I wanted to try something else.

One of my students told me about the profession of a tester and I became interested in it. I started to learn more and more and in a couple of months I got to the training project "QA" at an IT company.

Then I became an intern and subsequently, a position of a tester. I worked as a tester for a year, but I had to leave it because my family moved to another country. Now I’m ready to continue my way in this profession, because there are almost limitless opportunities to develop, so many directions! In 5 years, I see myself as a professional in my field.

[davidbakalov]

1) I am currently pursuing my bacherlors in Computer Science
2) Nothing IT related
3) Nothing wrong with my profession, having this as the starting point in my career seems like a good stepping stone.
4) I chose QA because I regularly try to find bugs in videogames or software that I use to get an advantage, why not get paid for it.
5) I see myself working somewhere in IT

[Kirill Yurievich]

HI!
*I'm a Bachelor of Social Sciences graduated from Kazakhstan's university KIMEP with the major in Financial Management.
*Right now I'm working in a moving company as a Foreman (2 years), before that I've been working in Kazakhstan as a Director in a Cryptocurrency Mining Company (3 years), before that I've been working as a QA Tester on a Ciebel CRM for national telecommunication company (1 year).
*Working as a foreman in a moving company is a tuft job and I'm trying my best to start my career in IT
*QA Tester is the great entry level position to the IT
*Hope that I will be working on some interesting projects, knowing that i'm the best and on the right place.

[Borizgo]

Hello my name is Boris.

I'm a pharmacist and I have more than 10 years’ work experience helping people to get their medicines and explaining them how to take it in the right way. I like my current job because there is no much of routine there - every day different situations or some kind of "tasks" that you have to solve in purpose to help your patients. And I think that a team in pharmacy looks like a team in an IT company because everybody has his owns bunch of tasks which has to be done.

Truth to tell, after my school graduation I wanted to study Computer Science and work as a Software Developer. I like to create new things, have a lot of ideas and I’m interested to work with new technologies. But because of some reasons I had to study pharmacy. There is no secret that sometimes a family has a strong impact on your future. But anyway I’m really happy of my first profession. It has many advantages – every time I can help myself, my family and friends if they have some problems with their health or questions about medicines and to speak with doctors in “the same language” is not a big deal for me anymore. So, a very useful skill for life.

Today I've been living in Germany for more than 5 years already. I had to learn a new language for that and it took about 9 months to get B2 Certificate of language knowledge in German from Goethe-Institute. After that it was needed to recognize my pharmacy education to be eligible to work here and it was necessary to understand how to get all documents and to be in touch with administrations in a new country without friends and family. So, it was a lot of hard work but I did all of that.

Now after I finished the QA course at Portnov Computer School I'm ready to move into IT branch. And I’m sure that QA is a great opportunity for that. It will let me to be a part of a new profession field where I can use all my personal and technical skills in purpose to make the Software more qualified.

Where I see myself in 5 years, so I'll definitely do automation tests, keep learning and improving my professional skills. And because of my experience as a team lead I could also confidently work as a Senior Software Quality Assurance Manager.

[VitalP]

I'm an economist by education. After university graduation, I worked as supplier manager in a small trading organization. Also I was dealing with billing and banking.
Then my wife and I moved to America in New York. We needed money so started working both. After one year my wife started learning and I kept working. I worked at construction site then became a cable technition.
Now my wife is working and I don't have to work hard any more. So I decided to change my profession. I don't want to become an economist here in US because it's boring to me. IT sphere is more exciting. That was my plan from the beginning. QA because it's a challenge with every new progect.
In future I see myself as a high qualified specialist with cool skills.

[AnnaKoroleva2005]

Hi,
My name is Anna
I have a Master Degree in International Relations
I've been working in a medical fields for the last 10 years in NYC and reached the top of the position I'm currently in
Covid brought lots of changes in our lives, one of them is remote jobs. I think this is brilliant to work in the comfort of your own home.
Since my husband is a developer it always fascinates me how things are done on the other side of the screen and since I always been computer savvy I decided to give it try.
After couple of months of research - QA seams like a decent profession to start your career path in IT.
Planning to take automation QA course after finding my first QA job and then sky is a limit.

[Kozyr]

Hi, I am Iryna
I graduated from Kyiv National Economic University as economist.
All my career have been related to a banking system.
War has changed everything in my life and now I dont have several years to get new profession at the university. Besides as a former banking suprvisor I have experience in finding bugs in activity of banks).
In 5 years time it would be good to stay in IT industry.

[Yelena_qa]

My name is Yelena. I have master's degree in Biology and associate degree in Health Scince. I have work experience by my first major, but I don't have experience by second one. I am thinking about to change career, because I can't communicate well in English. I choose QA such as users I often found errors which so much annoyed me and I decided that maybe this is my field of activity. Next 5 years want to become a good QA- Manual specialist and then I will grow up before QA-Automation Engineer.

[MarinaM]

Hello,
My name is Marina.

I have a bachelor degree in economics and management.
I has been worked in government sphere as a tax inspector for 15 years. Since I in the US my latest job was as an accountant at transportation company. I decided to change my career to QA because of this field is interesting for me and QA is a good start to get a job in IT.
In a 5 years I would be see myself as a knowledgeable and professional in IT as a QA specialist.

[DinaraU]

Greetings,

I am Dinara. I have a BA degree in Law and a pending Masters in Supply Chain. I worked in the Oil and Gas field for 4 years before moving to International Logistics.
I really find myself good at analytics and would like to use my abilities in my professional life. QA has interested me for quite a long time, and I have been always implementing my analytical abilities in the systems I worked with, chasing the IT team to fix all the imperfections. In 5 years I see myself earning respect and demand in the QA world.

[Eorfanidi]

My name is Elena. I have a BA degree in Investment Management and currently work at Tesla as an Operations and Sales Specialist. I have over 4 years of Sales and Delivery experience with Tesla and actively contribute to the achievement of the company. I gained a lot of knowledge and experience in the management field, as well as I am a great team player, however I got burnt-out of first -hand face to face customer support.Having to deal with dissatisfied customers and complicated scenarios on a daily basis is a job that is emotionally more grueling than most.

QA engineering is very appealing to me, because I enjoy IT culture and it has lots of room for growth and development. I am also a perfectionist, so making sure the quality of the product/service adhere to the company standards (requirements) is on my top priority. I have great communication skills, which I believe is very important in QA field. Success comes from the team, not from the individual alone – so it comes from a group of people who know how to use words carefully to convey what is needed throughout the development cycle. That is why I believe I can be a good fit for your QA team.

I’m someone who loves learning about new tech and trends, so in the next five years, I see myself as having established strong knowledge on what’s new in QA field, exceeding my QA experience and passing the skills to the new talents. I believe success and positively impacting others, play hand in hand.

[yuliaprydiy]

I have Bachelor of Science in Economy and Informatics from Ukraine. After coming to United States I changed my major and obtained Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I have been working in nursing for many years and now I feel like it is time change and do what I like. I was always a "science-math" person but was "pushed" into healthcare by my family due to its high demand. I feel burned out in doing what I currently do and look forward to change. I want to do QA because I like having a strict structure, following guidelines and fulfilling requirements. In 5 years I see myself working as a lead in a great team in a successful company that will compete with major companies in the world.