Senior QA Engineer | Days in the Life

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In this video I share a few days in my life as a Senior QA Engineer at a fintech startup after being out of work for 5+. months on maternity leave. I've been in Quality Assurance for over 10 years and currently work in a hybrid role of doing both manual testing and test automation at a small startup. It's a pretty honest vlog of how my days are, how I work and some of the challenges I face.
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@Kimbuucha Год назад

*_Do you have any specific_** questions about being a QA Engineer?* Leave a comment below! Thanks SO much for watching 🤗

@professionsucess3167 8 месяцев назад

Do you recommend any courses? Trying to become a QA but dont know if i need a software engineer degree

@vlagurl Год назад

I'm about to finish a QA bootcamp in a couple weeks. Watching this video was just inspiring 😊. Love to see more like this!

@Kimbuucha Год назад

Congrats! Aww I'm glad this video was inspiring. I'm planning to make another one going into more depth about my journey and some tools and resources that helped me so stay tuned! Hope some opportunities and doors open up for you soon 😁

@Disneyfamiglia 9 месяцев назад

Did you get a job?

@MeMeC283 8 месяцев назад

What Bootcamp did you join?

@Babygirl_123 2 месяца назад

What bootcamp ?

@ggt1380 Год назад

Hi, thank you for sharing! Would love to see more videos about QA

@Kimbuucha Год назад

Thanks so much for watching! I plan to make another one talking in more detail about what my responsibilities are, tools I like and resources so stay tuned ☺️

@soojn0072 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the realness of the vlog🥺💞🙌

@Kimbuucha 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@NRansom 6 месяцев назад

Please make more of these It was great for me to learn..... im currently in a bootcamp and want to just know more about a daily life and interviewing process

@misacheri Год назад

loved this vlog. im trying to break into tech from finance and it was really interesting to see a few of your work days 😊 thanks for sharing.

@Kimbuucha Год назад

Thank you so much for watching! I hope to make more kinds of videos like this that break down in more detail what has helped me, tools and things like that. Wishing you all the best trying to get into the field 😀

@BuyingScratchoffsFTW 2 месяца назад

I’m just starting my QA engineering journey saw this video and subscribed and hit the like button and dropped a comment without even watching the whole video

@Kimbuucha 2 месяца назад

thank you I really appreciate it. If you have any questions about QA engineering, feel free to ask and happy to help anyway I can :)

@BuyingScratchoffsFTW 2 месяца назад

@@Kimbuucha thank you

@libnatty1862 7 месяцев назад

Luv the video… 😊

@9999hiiiiii666666666 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for this video :)

@Kimbuucha 5 месяцев назад

You are so welcome!

@Annie-sf6xh 9 месяцев назад

Hi there! I’m currently a product manager and starting to get quite overwhelmed with all the client/end user interaction. I’ve been dabbling around to see what are other options I can transition into that are less client facing. I noticed that I particularly like creating defect tickets much more than enhancements so I started to think about whether I’d like being a QA engineer… maybe it’s a sign or I’m reaching bc I’m tired of talking to people so much LOL … I have no idea if this is more suitable because I never saw myself as a technical person people. If you have ANY insights I’d so appreciate it. If you happen to have any mentoring program please share.

@Kimbuucha 9 месяцев назад

Hi Annie! PMs have one of the toughest roles on the team in my opinion. The technical part of QA just comes with the territory and you'll get used to it :) As far as insights, I'd be happy to go into more depth. I have also been helping mentor people wanting to get into the industry. If you want to shoot me an email, I can maybe help guide you better. I think my email is in the description but if its not, let me know and I'll leave it for ya :)

@Babygirl_123 2 месяца назад

@@Kimbuuchawhat do you think of careerist ?

@inariknicks9291 Месяц назад

Hi! I am considering entering into the QA program and I am wondering how does it work with mommy hood? Do you have a good balance on being present in both roles? I fear not being able to be as present as I could be with my child

@Kimbuucha Месяц назад

Hi! Great question. I think most of this depends on the company and role more than the position. I think I have a good balance between being a new mom and my career because I prioritize finding companies that are remote, don't require late nights, are ok with my schedule being 8am - 4pm and don't require work on weekends. I also have my son in childcare full time and will be honest, it's almost impossible to do what I do with my son home because I'm in meetings a lot and need to concentrate. Especially at a senior level. However, I definitely try and make sure I find companies that understand that family comes first and understand what comes along with being a mom (sometimes, my son will be home and my hours will be chaotic, or I'll have to be away and work later in the evening). With all that being said, I think I have a good balance because if I want to take a day off and be with my son, I can. If I need to leave work early to pickup my son, I can. And I make sure to maximize the hours I get with him in the morning and evening before and after work and it works out well. Hope that helps 💖

@Disneyfamiglia 9 месяцев назад

How do you think AI will affect this job’s future?

@rogerruiz1801 5 месяцев назад

I am a dwppresed mid junior qa but I feel the need for more guiance in the overall path, could you make some videos about general stuff or ow to become a senior?

@Kimbuucha 5 месяцев назад

I actually recorded a video about this a week ago. Working on editing it now and hopefully can get it up soon

@CareerPivotNow 7 месяцев назад

I'm looking into QA engineering as my career pivot move. I'd like to network and learn a little bit more about this particular field in tech. How heavily do you code in ÿour role, which languages do you use for testing and automation?

@Kimbuucha 7 месяцев назад

Oh awesome love to hear it. I love QA and don't see myself leaving for another discipline. Over the last 5 years I'd say I spent about 40-50% writing automation. I'd love for it to be more but based on team sizes and workload, it's hard to carve out more time. On previous teams I've written test automation in Ruby, Rspec, Javascript, Typescript, Cypress, Playwright and Mocha (not all at the same time, but for different applications and methods). Currently I'm writing in Typescript (for API automation), and Playwright (for UI automation). If I were going to suggest one, based on what I've seen in job listings and just generally where I see the industry heading, I'd suggest learning Typescript and Playwright because they can support both front end and backend test automation and are becoming more widely adopted. Also there are TONS of free RU-vid resources out there to help you get started learning. Hope that helps and feel free to shoot me any other questions :)

@rileystein6195 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your experience as a QA and being a mom. I'm getting through a QA bootcamp now and I'm a mom to an almost 10 month old boy. How far into your career did you get into automation? Once I finish my course, I'll be a manual QA, but it seems like adding on automation may make this a more sustainable career. What are your thoughts?

@Kimbuucha 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching. I did mostly manual QA for 5 years and as I started working on backend services, I started learning automation. I think if you want to be as marketable and versatile as possible, definitely learn some automation, but not all at once. There are free online videos on Test Automation University you can check out and learn at your own pace. I highly recommend checking out free resources for automation and not paying money because there are SO many free resources and guides out there

@rileystein6195 10 месяцев назад

@@Kimbuucha oh ok. Thank you for the advice. 🙏

@MeMeC283 8 месяцев назад

What bootcamp did you join? I’ve been on the fence about paying

@rileystein6195 8 месяцев назад

@MeMeC283 I did Careerist.

@MeMeC283 8 месяцев назад

@@rileystein6195 how is your experience? I’m trying to find an unbiased opinion but most ppl on RU-vid are apart of their affiliate program

@alejo3658 Год назад

Yes, i have a question, what kind of technical skills does QA senior engineer need to have ? thanks

@Kimbuucha 3 месяца назад

Hi there! I am so so sorry for missing your comment. I'm happy to help provide answers to this (if you're still interested). Again, apologies for not responding back when you originally asked.

@christineburgess4384 Год назад

You are the same brilliant person as you were before beautiful baby. you are able. qualified.

@Kimbuucha Год назад

Thank you mama Christine :)

@k.j.o.o 18 дней назад

Thank you so much for this video. I'd like to reach out to you for a little bit of guidance via LinkedIn , do you mind sharing your LinkedIn username so that I may reach out?