Anyone about in Software Testing?

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davek_964 said:

Of course you use PC based test harnesses,

Nope.

davek_964 said:

but some stuff still had to be done on target - and there is ALWAYS a limit in available hardware during development, especially if it's not your own hardware.

See my comment about test harnesses - they can be invaluable in the "short of hardware"
scenario you describe.

davek_964 said:

My point was simply that it is not usually possible to carry out all regression tests for each release and you have to limit your testing - and plan it - for maximum effect.

In many test environments, all regression tests is a minimum legal and commercial requirement,
not an unreachable maximum.

davek_964 said:

You apparently test every line of code you write for every release you make.
Good for you, but I'll stick to the real world.

Thanks. For many code development shops, shipping untested code is a complete no-no,
not just commercially, but legally and ethically. Lawyers tend to be able to only
weakly defend "known to be untested" code.

See the last chapter of Les Hatton's book for more on this. The financial penalties can
be severe.

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sdkrc said:

Which specific industry are you hoping to get into?

Jumping between industries is absolutely possible. All depends on the hiring manager and circumstance.

I'm in investment banking and think it's very hard to get even a sniff here without some programming experience/knowledge.

Retail banks hire lots of people internally from their call centres with product knowledge.

100% you'll need the ISTQB foundation.

Thanks for the reply . I don't know which industry I'm looking to get into. I suppose I was going to look around and see what's available and what job I can get into. Having seen the requirements to get into financial software testing from numerous job adverts, I don't think that's on the cards sadly...

rustyuk said:

I think you might find standard test roles quite boring after coming from a games environment.

If you do decided to jump, go straight for a contract role you should be able to get £250 \ £300 a day without too much trouble.

Thanks for the reply . Games testing can be pretty boring as well. Trust me, you start to lose the plot when doing track tests on the same circuit for 3 days... Network disconnections can be pretty mind numbing too.

I've seen a few adverts for contract roles where the day rate is about what you've said. Definitely something I'd like to get into when I've got a bit of experience in the "serious" software testing world .

[eric twinge]

I would recommend the ISTQB certificate as well. I passed in January and it certainly helped with ideas and knowledge. I was testing for a large bank in London but have moved to a Business Systems Analyst role within the same company, not my choice I hasten to add!
I certainly prefer testing so I think I need to look at other testing roles.

Is going the other way possible, what if I wanted to get out of testing from a banking perspective and get into other industries, is that feasible?