Vettanna’s own Kerri Jacobson took time out of her busy schedule to chat with us about how you can do better when approaching a recruiter or employer. Even the most seasoned pro can make simple missteps, so keeping these tips in mind ensures you’ll be putting your best foot forward — and hopefully help score you the job of your dreams. It’s extremely important to ask questions — despite the job looking great on paper. Understanding the dynamic and culture of the company you’v

QA and Testing are terms that are often used interchangeably. But Quality Assurance is a prevention and Testing is detection. To be a good QA Engineer is a combination of multiple skills which either you have naturally or develop along the way. Companies hire QA Engineers to make sure the product or an application which they are delivering is bug free (or an acceptable amount of bugs) and provide good user experience. I've been in QA for over 15 years; here's my tips on the

We asked the Experts. Here's their Tips on Maintaining Happiness in High Velocity Careers Maintaining health, happiness and peace of mind while pursuing a high-velocity career is often much easier said than done. Not only can tense working relationships, build-as-you-go processes and long hours wreak havoc on your soul, but disconnecting from the fray after hours can often feel nearly impossible. We talked to a handful of tech professionals in different fields to learn what

What follows are the 7 most crucial “On the Job tips”. They are frank and straight forward. They are for everyone who has a JOB, and a BOSS, and who has aspirations to climb the ladder in a high tech, corporate environment. On The Job Tips - Part 1 of 2 Technical Skills – This is why you will have a job in the first place. So being technically sound and innovative on job will help you maintain your position or even help you grow to the higher positions. Productivity – Everyon

When testers and engineers work as a team, your bug hunting can be more focused and effective. Here’s six questions that can help you get some very meaty response from engineers and set you on your way to finding some lovely, beastly bugs. “Anything in particular that you’d like me to focus on?” “Where do you think this feature is likely to fail?” “What’s the worst thing that could go wrong?” “What part of this feature are you nervous about?” “Did anything from the Spec chan

Here’s the scoop: Tips For Talking To Engineers Sometimes Engineers can be intimidating and sometimes testers are shy. But in order to get the information you need to be a rock star testers, you need to have a conversation. So, here's the scoop: Engineers are people too – just regular dudes (usually really smart, regular dudes, but dudes just the same) Engineers (usually) like to talk about what they’ve been working on Smart engineers want to help you find the bugs in their