TestBash Revisited - Setting Sail into the Great Unknown: How I Got Started in Testing from a Non-technical Background - Mike Clarke
13th January 2023
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Mike Clarke
Consultant
Talk Description
In this session, we will be revisiting Mike Clarke's talk from TestBash New Zealand 2019. Mike will join us on stage for a chat whilst we watch the talk and discuss what was said back in 2019 and what could have changed since then.
In a dark, windowless room hidden in a top-secret facility in the middle of a military compound, I was faced with two choices – stay where I was and risk missing out on key moments in my children’s lives, or leave the safety and security of the job I knew and leap into the unknown, risking everything.
Well, that all sounds a bit dramatic!
My talk is about how I went from being a Communications Warfare Specialist for the Royal New Zealand Navy (with no experience in software, let alone testing), to launching into a career in testing and becoming an active member of the software testing community in Auckland.
I’ll tell tales of uncertainty and success, and then leave you with some tips on how to make progress in your testing career.
What you’ll learn
By the end of this talk, you'll be able to:
- How to take steps to grow your testing career
- How to get started in a field you don't know much about
- Where to find the people who can support your testing journey
Mike Clarke
Consultant
I'm one of the co-organisers of the MoT Auckland chapter and love the wonderful world of testing.
Although these days I'm not "technically" a tester, I still like introducing ideas, themes and practices from everything that I've learned through testing into my role as a consultant.
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