Evolving as a QA - do you still care about quality?

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The document discusses the different stages of a QA engineer's career journey. It outlines 5 main stages: intern, junior, independent, senior, and principal. For each stage, it provides examples of the types of responsibilities, skills developed, and mindsets achieved. The document emphasizes that the two constants throughout the stages are a focus on quality and developing engineering skills. It encourages readers to focus on continuous learning and growing with the changing industry to avoid becoming obsolete.

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Evolving as a QA
Do you still care about quality?
Michał Krzyżanowski

Journey through stages
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Journey through stages
2
3
4
5
1
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Stage 1 INTERN
'What is this
all about?'
'Is it for me…?'

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Stage 2 JUNIOR
Test types
Test techniques
Diﬀerent tools

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Stage 3 INDEPENDENT
NFRs
Technical testing
Programming
Processes

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Stage 3 INDEPENDENT
Understanding
the technology

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SENIOR
Plan
Execution
Design
Analyse
Stage 4

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SENIOR
Plan
Execution
Design
Analyse
Stage 4
Delegate

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SENIOR
How we deliver?
Creating tools
Support & teach
Stage 4
Organization

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‘Glue’ work
https://www.slideshare.net/TanyaReilly/being-glue
by Tanya Reilly

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SENIORStage 4
Senior
!=
Manager

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Stage 5 PRINCIPAL
Principal
!=
Manager

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Stage 5 PRINCIPAL
Improve organization
Advise, consult
Create strategies
Share knowledge

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Stage 5 PRINCIPAL
People > Tech

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Stage 5 PRINCIPAL
People > Tech
Empathy Trust
Delegation

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Stage 5 PRINCIPAL
Back to basics

Journey through stages…
…and time
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Journey through time
Stages

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Journey through time
Stages
Industry
&
tech

@automatingguy
Journey through time
Stages
Industry
&
tech
Company
Clients

@automatingguy
Journey through time
Industry
&
tech
Shift left AI
Serverless
DevOps
Agile VR
AR
ContainersCloud
Shift right
ML

@automatingguy
Journey through time
Company
Clients
Agile DevOps
More $$$
Scale!
More
people
Bigger
challenges

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Journey through time
…with two constants

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JUNIOR
INDEPENDENT
SENIOR
PRINCIPAL
INTERN

@automatingguy
QA EngineerJUNIOR
QA, Engineer
QA EngineerINDEPENDENT
QA EngineerSENIOR
QA EngineerPRINCIPAL
INTERN

@automatingguy
Quality
as a goal
Being
an Engineer
Two constants

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+Quality
as a goal
Being
an Engineer

@automatingguy
Good enough is perfect
Really.

@automatingguy
Do YOU still
care about quality?

@automatingguy
Manual tester
Quality Engineer
QA Test automation Engineer
‘Automated’ tester
QA Engineer

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Don’t care about labels
¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Don’t become a fossil
@automatingguy

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Stages
Industry
&
tech
Company
Clients
Focus on you…

@automatingguy
Stages
Industry
&
tech
Company
Clients
Focus on you…
…using this

@automatingguy
Keep learning
keep growing

@automatingguy
‘This isn't even
my ﬁnal form’
- Frieza

Thank you!
MICHAŁ KRZYŻANOWSKI
TWITTER: @automatingguy
BLOG: https://automatingguy.com
DEBATQA: https://fb.me/DebatQA/

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