Monday 17 January, 2005

One step forward

No more snow, it's pouring down today. I mean, really pouring down - even my rain-proof shoes got wet as I went to get some lunch. I was feeling a bit sad this morning, don't know if it was because of the weather... more likely it's the glooming idea of having to continue work with the resume and starting the job hunt.

After lunch, and some of my favourite TV series (and a nap - hey, anything!), I finally got on to the computer after four. I'd gotten really useful comments from Henri, Jaana-Mari (the real pro!) and Woja, so I worked those comments in and started Googling for jobs.

The thing is, I'm still in a kind of strange position in my career - two years ago I changed from a programmer to a tester, move that I've felt very happy about. But this means that although I have several years of work experience, I've only got about two years experience in my new career which makes me a junior tester (which really annoys me). I feel I was really fortunate with my previous job - at least in England most testing seemed to be driven towards using WinRunner, and there's so much more to it than that.

Anyway, either I'm looking for the job in all the wrong places, or there aren't many quality assurance engineer jobs available in Vancouver. I did manage to find one job that seemed a pretty tight fit, so...

Well, I've sent my first job application. Just like that. Don't know if I should feel relieved or panicked. (And knowing me, I'll probably opt for the latter.) Wish me luck.

Posted by kolibri at 17 January 17:26, 2005
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# 1 - Jaana-Mari (on January 17, 2005 08:56 PM):

There you go! I know your career was important to you in England and you enjoyed working, so all this "I don´t want a job, this lifestyle is fine, we´ll manage on one salary" is just your mood talking. I´m not buying it. So good luck, you have plenty of skills and experience to sell!


# 2 - Outi (on January 18, 2005 02:29 AM):

Good luck! :D


# 3 - Rel Fexive (on January 18, 2005 08:25 AM):

Good Luck!! :D


# 4 - woja (on January 19, 2005 05:57 AM):

And anybody interviewing you who has half a brain will see that programming experience is very useful (I'd be tempted to say *vital* to a certain degree, though interest is another biggie) in the role of a tester...

Certainly all the testers I've worked with who had no programming experience were infuriatingly difficult to communicate with - a problem I did not have with you ( you may have noticed that ;o) ) though that could be cos I'm an incommunicative loner ;o)


# 5 - kolibri (on January 19, 2005 04:07 PM):

Thanks for the kick, Jaana-Mari, I needed that ;)

And I appreciate the the sentiment, Woja. However it remains to be seen how many employers actually agree with you here - in England it certainly was a tiny minority.


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