uTest – introduction

uTest – introduction Saint Petersburg, Russia Roman Tverdokhlebov | uTest Tester of the Year 2010

What is uTest? Founded in 2007 In 2011 about 40 employees
And …
Small company with HQ in Southborough, MA with population 9,538

What is uTest?
600+
customers
36,000 + freelance testers from more than 173 countries
1,500+
test cycles
Enterprises,
startups, NPOs
Functional, load & usability testing
Web, desktop & mobile apps

uTest business model

uTest customers

Where is the good of uTest?

Where is the good of uTest? Tired of the monotonous work? The same technologies all the time? Several years on the same project? Nobody ever heard about your projects? Do you want work itself to find you? uTest helps!

Where is the good of uTest? You can learn basics of SW testing You can discover new areas and approaches You do not risk You can gain knowledge from crash courses

Where is the good of uTest? You can communicate with colleagues from around the world You can help them and make friends

Where is the good of uTest? You can earn money for pleasure of testing 

uTest – on-demand testing?

uTest – on-demand experience!

How to succeed?

How to succeed? It is crowdsourcing! If not you, someone else will do this job! One customer, a lot of workers!

How to succeed? You should be rapid!

How to succeed? You should understand customer!

How to succeed? Focus on quality of your work!

How to succeed? It’s work, not entertainment!

Pros and cons

Pros and cons New projects, technologies Project are widely known Your own schedule Additional earnings Communications and experience exchange

Pros and cons Not easy to get good status

Pros and cons Sometimes you didn’t get a job when you need it. For a long time.

Pros and cons You need to hurry because of competitors. Sometimes they complete the job before you even start! Mind time zones.

Pros and cons Sometimes testing take up more time than you thought and become unprofitable, but if you decide not to continue, you may damage your rating.

Pros and cons Strict rules due to different tester’s level of knowledge, experience, quality of results, thoughtfulness etc

Finance

Finance Doesn’t allow to transfer money to Russians.

Finance Payoneer debit card works everywhere: in stores, online-shops, ATMs. And worldwide!

Finance You can take advantage of Rapida Online! This means than you can get money transferred to your WebMoney, Yandex.Money, bank or mobile phone account.

Prospects Not obvious. Some foreign testers claim that they’ve got enough money to live and travel, but for Russian testers it’s rather dream than reality. You can try to get gold status and become a pure freelancer or settle for periodic work along with your main job. But in second case be ready for small income from uTest projects.

Thank you !
Share your point of views and experience!
My contacts:
Blog (in Russian): retverd.blogspot.com Twitter (in Russian): retverd Skype: retverd ICQ: 65540727

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uTest – introduction

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