Career Paths for Testers Using Personas
I should mention for those of you who don’t follow me on twitter, that my article Career Paths for Testers Using Personas is on StickyMinds (on the front page this week).
I should mention for those of you who don’t follow me on twitter, that my article Career Paths for Testers Using Personas is on StickyMinds (on the front page this week).
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In early January, I’ll hit my 19 year anniversary of working at Microsoft (I’ve worked for Microsoft 18.5 years, and as a vendor at Microsoft for the first 5 months or so). There’s been a lot of change over the years, but perhaps never as much as is going on right now. We’re getting a…
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There is not enough thinking about career paths in testing so I’m very glad you published this. The section about careers in HWTSM helped me decide that there was enough of a career path in testing to continue working in the field.
I agree about not enough thinking about career paths (hence my wallowing a month or two ago on the subject). I sincerely believe that we need career paths in order to advance the profession – otherwise we’ll continue to repeat ourselves.