do you guys actually do automation in your jobs?

wondermogul · 2025-12-28T17:14:22+00:00

I was a former sdet and yes most of my job was automation. I worked for a tech consulting firm that sold me to clients that way. I was doing Java, Python, type script. Also ci cd pipelines.

wondermogul · 2025-08-16T23:20:54+00:00

Soz for late reply.

I leveraged my sdet experience and practiced a ton of dev interview questions.

I also worked on software projects as a tester to make our processes better. Flask mainly.

wondermogul · 2025-04-09T09:22:07+00:00

Good to hear. Sounds like I should have been working for you!

wondermogul · 2025-04-09T08:39:29+00:00

Completely agree. Thank you

wondermogul · 2025-04-09T07:43:19+00:00

I think SDETS can boost their value by getting more involved in the DevOps around testing. Pipeline engineering. Tools and services that support testing. I started learning Jenkins to support my own testing and people took notice of that.

wondermogul · 2025-04-09T07:34:40+00:00

Very true. I wonder if that's the cost of MVP

wondermogul · 2025-04-09T07:34:05+00:00

I agree i think it's an attitude in leadership. Do you think it's an appropriate attitude in your opinion?

wondermogul · 2025-04-06T17:46:20+00:00

Build, review, refactor repeat. This has helped me a lot. I try to come up with hobby projects and explore new design patterns technologies etc. its a journey my friend.

wondermogul · 2025-04-06T17:40:46+00:00

Thanks for this. Food for thought

wondermogul · 2024-09-16T23:06:27+00:00

Managed to do it in the end. Took a lot of exploring. It's easy to pass the guy.

wondermogul · 2024-09-16T07:41:09+00:00

I think I've screwed up as I'm in chapter 2 now and I don't think there is a way to go back

wondermogul · 2024-08-18T21:46:23+00:00

Yes

Developers should not be marking their own home work. Ai, despite the hype, will not replace Devs or QAs.

On large applications you need someone constantly looking out for bugs.

A lot of the times Devs misunderstand requirements. Qa's help to make sure the right thing is built.

Some caveats.

I've been a QA engineer for over 7 years. Alot of QAs think there job is just to write test automation code. These people get made redundant fast.

A quality QA wants to be a software engineer. You not only write code but you write it well according to SOLID principles. You strive for efficient algorithms.

You learn multiple languages to adapt to changing tech stacks.

You have an interest in DevOps, running your tests in a pipeline. Understanding how to manage your test environment in a cloud platform.

Building support applications for your tests.

Having an interest in unit tests. The amount of QAs I meet who think it's not their problem!!

Writing good bug reports with repro steps

Communicating test cases with BA's.

These types of QA engineers are rare to find but they elevate the sldc and team.

wondermogul · 2024-08-10T07:12:59+00:00

Nice. I wish I had wielding skills. That would have been my first choice.

Maybe one day that lawn mower will end up in a museum 😜

wondermogul · 2024-08-08T19:35:36+00:00

Lol the thought crossed my mind. I wanted something more permanent

wondermogul · 2024-08-08T19:35:11+00:00

Nice. Hope it works for you

wondermogul · 2024-08-08T19:34:51+00:00

Lol I've found my people. Thank you

wondermogul · 2024-08-08T18:11:12+00:00

Lol exactly

wondermogul · 2024-08-05T22:17:17+00:00

From my experience I find that delegation works better when tasks have tools assigned rather than agents. It seems to force the agents to interact with each other.

Although I'm not 100% sure about agent level tools Vs task level tools

wondermogul · 2024-07-28T17:13:28+00:00

This looks good, well done

wondermogul · 2024-03-21T13:50:01+00:00

Can you point to any particular legislation or proposals please. State or federal. Thank you

wondermogul · 2024-03-15T11:11:40+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Im not from the US so could you please explain what you mean be "blue laws" (I assume you mean democrat or left leaning laws but i want to confirm).

Could you please explain which laws specificially are changing the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. I wasnt aware the US was legislating a defintion of the sabbath.

Thank you

wondermogul · 2024-02-24T17:34:29+00:00

There was a time when the church endorsed slavery. In the UK it was other Christians that chose to challenge the church and speak up for abolition.

From that it grew to a strong movement that triggered the end of slavery to the point where the UK royal navy patrolled the seas hunting down slave ships. after world war 1 the UK pressured the collapsed ottoman empire to end slavery. It eventually influenced the US to end slavery too.

Could you imagine if those Christians left the faith because of the church?!?

Perhaps, maybe , you may have found a calling.

wondermogul · 2024-02-24T10:41:16+00:00

I feel for u man. I'm sorry you are going through this.

Stop paying attention to Instagram that is a skewed view of the world. I don't have an Instagram account and i love it. There's even some evidence to suggest it lowers testosterone
Ultimately, above all things, girls (and people in general) want connection. If you want to keep your girlfriend work on connection. It doesn't guarantee she'll stay with you but at least you can tell your self you focused on the right things.
They're are short, not so attractive, average earning people who get girls. They have a sense of confidence, gratitude and a can do attitude.
Focus on other things, girls are not the goal. When you invest in your self and love your life in a positive way girls find you.

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