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1. YOU ARE A SOFTWARE TESTER.
WHAT’S NEXT?
By Yana Kanibolotska
QMO Competence Manager, SoftServe

2. Who I am
o Quality Management Office Competence Manager
(Quality Control)
o 12+ years in Software Testing
o Have grown at SoftServe from Junior QC Engineer to Competence Manager
(Junior – Middle – Senior – Lead QC Engineer – Competence Expert –
Competence Manager)
o ISTQB Certified
(CTFL, CTAL-TA, CTAL-TM)

3. We are going to talk about
Who Software Testers are
Tips on how to grow in the right direction
Professional growth for Software Testers

4. ▪ Define Test Strategy
▪ Plan testing
▪ Analyze requirements
▪ Create test documentation
▪ Track defects
▪ Execute tests
▪ Manage quality risks
▪ Collect metrics
QUALITY CONTROL
ENGINEERS
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
IN TEST
▪ Work with product
architecture
▪ Do Test Automation
▪ Do Performance Testing
▪ Do Security Testing
▪ Set up test infrastructure
▪ Develop custom testing tools
▪ Do technically challenging
tasks
TEST AUTOMATION
ENGINEERS
▪ Design Test
Automation Framework
▪ Write and execute
automated tests
▪ Create test execution reports
▪ Integrate test automation
into CI process
▪ Track defects
▪ Collect metrics

5. Vertical vs Horizontal career growth
gaining new skills and work experience that can
help you reach a goal in your career
”If you don’t know what you want, you’ll never find it.”
– a lot of smart people
Vertical career growth
relates to ascending
a traditional corporate ladder
Horizontal career growth
describes any professional path
that takes you into a new career
direction (competency, industry,
or functional role)

8. The best way to grow in any career direction is to know the next steps you should take, so here they are:
Set your career goal!
Explore your company (or desired company) requirements for the position you would like to take
(job descriptions, standards, competency matrix, vacancy description, etc.)
Evaluate your current level of competency against desired position skills and knowledge
(or ask an experienced friend/mentor to do it)
Find suitable for you learning solutions to close theoretical gaps you have (hate books? No worries.
Many people recorded videos for you sharing what they learned from books)
Find possibilities to apply your knowledge in practice and transform them into skills

10. See above and beyond. Do not stop on your direct responsibilities. What else could you do to make
your contribution to the project even more valuable?
Keep yourself updated with good world practices. Don’t limit yourself to your project requirements.
Seek feedback regularly. Ask your manager or lead what you do well and what could be improved.
Be visible. Do not only perform well, let people see how well you perform.
Take your (YOUR!) time. Everyone grows at their own pace.
Vertical growth means getting more responsibilities. That’s how to get them:

12. Build relationships outsideof your
area of expertise
Do not limit yourselfwith direct
responsibilities
Stay curious!
Horizontal growth can be seen either as a journey or destination.
Make sure you are on a right path
and follow tips from the left section,
general and vertical growth tips
But these two options are not mutually exclusive.
Journey is always something that goes before the destination.

13. Inadequateevaluation of your own level of
knowledge and skills
”My manager wantsto make moremoney on me, so
they should motivateme to grow”
“I’m practical, butnot theoretical!”
“I have already 2 yearsof experience. I know
everything about testing”
“I hate coding, but Automation Engineersare
better paid”
“I’m Junior, in 6 months I’ll be Senior!”
“I don’t have to communicatewith client now”
Expectations that your professional growth is someone else’s
interest or responsibility
Underestimation of theoreticalknowledgebasis
Unrealistic goals
Solely money-drivencareerdirection change
Not payingattention to English levelimprovement
One project lifetime loyalty

14. What’s next?