How to scare a tester

You might freak out if you land in a team and on asking to see some requirements you are told there are no requirements. "Please just go break some things! Isn't that what you testers do?" This is a great opportunity to develop your question-asking skills. Ask people questions to reveal helpful information to support your testing efforts. Turn their answers into open questions to answer during an exploration session. Report back with your findings. You'll soon start mapping out requirements based on your observations and feedback with your team.