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In this podcast episode, we will take a detailed look at a tester's career, from the first steps in the profession to growth to the Senior QA level in a large bank. Our guest is a QA engineer at T-Bank, who shares his unique experience of moving from a teacher to IT, revealing key skills and advice for a successful start and career growth in testing. We will discuss what beginners need to know, how to develop a product approach, why understanding load testing is critical and what metrics help evaluate the effectiveness of QA work. You will learn: How and why to learn programming for a tester. What skills and tools are needed to work in big tech. What tasks and challenges await a tester in a large bank. How to move to the Senior level and how the work of an experienced QA engineer differs. Which approach will lead to quality growth ???? Useful links and resources: Podcast with Andrey about interviews: • Andrey Kobets: the path from Junior to Senio... Instagram* Ed: / eddytester Telegram channel about testing: https://t.me/eddytester Iterka: / @iterka Instagram* Ruslana: / _maslennikov Our Telegram channel: https://t.me/experience_it Podcast website: https://experience.mave.digital/ *prohibited in the Russian Federation Timecodes: 00:00 Who is a tester 01:28 Who is our guest today 04:22 From teacher to tester: the story of becoming in IT 07:28 Is it easy to get into testing? 08:41 What a beginner tester needs to know 12:00 Why and how to learn programming 20:57 - Should a tester be a product tester 26:58 Flow and artifacts of testing work at T-Bank 38:35 What direction of testing does Ed work in: a tester's working day at T-Bank 45:56 Metrics for evaluating the work of a QA engineer 50:20 How to eat an elephant or approach a big testing task 53:38 Load testing tools 57:06 Toxicity towards QA 1:04:23 How to develop and grow in testing 1:08:00 What distinguishes a senior and how to become a senior QA at T-Bank 1:11:26 Why engage in media Key: tester career, QA engineer at a bank, software testing, Senior QA, product approach, load testing tools, QA metrics, tester interview.