Tester Obsolescence: How to Compete in a Modern QA Job Market

Talk Description

Modern software testing would be nearly unrecognizable to someone from a decade ago. Advancements in technologies are transforming user experience, enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and elevating the need for quality in many dimensions.

The emergence of technology like AI and the integration of CI/CD tools to accelerate the software development lifecycle have had widespread implications across QA. To overcome this, automation is now an essential need and the adoption of methodologies like Agile and shift left testing is the default. All of this comes together to mean that nowadays, there’s a lot more to learn and develop in software QA than just testing.

To be a competitive candidate in today’s job market, you also need to bring a lot more to the table than just testing!

By the end of this session, you'll be able to:

TestRail

TestRail provides comprehensive test case management to help teams organize their testing efforts and get real-time insights into testing activity. Deliver fast feedback on application quality with TestRail’s powerful reports and metrics.

With TestRail, you can easily track and follow the status of individual tests, milestones and projects with dashboards and activity reports. Get real-time insights into your testing progress and boost productivity with personalized to-do lists, filters and email notifications.

TestRail is highly customizable, with cloud-based or on-premise installation options. Integrate with defect tracking and collaboration solutions such as Atlassian Jira, Bugzilla, Gemini, Axosoft, GitHub, and TFS; with test automation tools such as Ranorex Studio, and many more.

 

Check out TestRail's videos done for our TestBashes:

• TestBash Home
• TestBash Manchester
• TestBash Netherlands

Patrícia Duarte Mateus

Solution Architect & QA Advocate

With more than a decade of experience in Software QA and expertise in several business areas, Patrícia Duarte Mateus has a QA mindset built by the different roles she has played—including tester, test manager, test analyst, and QA engineer.

She's Portuguese, living in Portugal, and is currently a Solution Architect and QA Advocate for TestRail.

Patrícia is also a speaker, mentor and founder of a project whose objective is to demystify and educate on Software QA with a focus on Portuguese-speaking people.

Her areas of interest beyond QA include deepening her knowledge of psychology, tech, management, teaching/mentoring, health, and entrepreneurship. Books, podcasts, Ted Talks and YouTube are always on Patrícia's to-do list to ensure a good day!