This is the secret to success.
Most people don’t practice testing outside their job.
Here are 7 things that’ll help you take your testing game to the next level:
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1. Open Source Projects.
🔸Pick any tool.
🔸Test It
🔸Report bugs | change requests
Will help build credibility + real time feedback.
One such project: @testsigmainc
2. Testing Hackathons
🔸Follow #testinghackathon on Social Media
🔸Participate
🔸Test your skills against others in real time.
Will help identify your weak areas + learn from others.
One community that does such free events: @the_test_tribe
3. Exploratory Testing Sessions
🔸Pick any app.
🔸Test It
🔸Record the session
🔸Take notes
🔸Share notes with app team.
🔸Publish a video | text blog.
Will boost your networking as well as testing game.
4. Testing Assistants
🔸Identify any small need of yours. Could be personal too.
🔸It could be really trivial too. Ex: Running few commands in sequence or clearing program state.
🔸Create a small utility.
Use your own utility, test it, and improve it.
5. Testing Buddy
🔸Find an accountability partner. Anyone interested can qualify.
🔸Both test together. One can take note; One can control the app.
🔸Switch Roles
Great hack to learn from others + practice collaboration skills.
6. Volunteer in Communities.
🔸Find an opportunity to volunteer.
🔸Better do something that you have never done before.
Great hack to learn from natural ways + Give back to community.
7. Testing Kit
🔸Look for things that can help your job as a tester.
🔸Consider even the tiniest of utils.
🔸Add them on a notion page | webpage. Use it whenever you test.
Boosts productivity 🚀🚀
That’s a wrap!
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