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Roman's channels: / @rvtsakunov https://t.me/rvtsakunov Ed's channels: https://t.me/eddytester / eddytester Timestamps 00:00:00 Podcast about testing 00:00:29 Roman Tsakunov - tester 00:00:41 iTerka podcast 00:00:54 Testers Bomb 00:01:05 Roman Tsakunov, experienced tester 00:02:08 Transition to testing from technical support 00:04:04 First interview for technical support 00:04:44 Task at an interview for a tester on SQL 00:05:11 Live code without syntax highlighting 00:09:45 What is testing 00:14:46 Working as a tester in Russia 00:15:38 Is it easy to become a tester 00:17:49 The complexity of self-training in testing 00:19:27 Demand for testers in Russia 00:19:44 Salary of testers in Russia 00:21:02 Salary of a tester without experience 00:24:08 Benefits of a corporation when starting a career 00:27:49 Statistics of tester salaries 00:29:54 Don't look at statistics and grade 00:31:04 Benefits of connections and networking 00:31:43 Referral system in hiring 00:32:23 Manual tester and automation engineer 00:32:46 Transition from manual testing to automation 00:34:06 A manual tester knows more than an automation engineer 00:38:32 Know your project 00:40:55 How to evaluate a tester's work 00:41:03 Releases 00:41:21 Salary increase: how to understand that you are worth more 00:42:15 Metrics useful in testing 00:43:13 How salaries are increased in large companies 00:43:35 HOW TO FIND OUT YOUR GRADE AS A TESTER 00:43:47 They didn’t raise my salary and I quit 00:44:23 Dismissal: Fear and loathing 00:48:27 You need to learn to communicate the expected salary level 00:49:27 The value of the testing community 00:51:30 How to become a tester 00:54:03 Entry into development through testing: do you need it? 00:55:09 What a tester should study 00:57:55 Corporation vs. small company 01:00:13 How and what to ask about the company at an interview 01:01:55 Interview questions are your responsibility 01:03:26 An interview is an exam? 01:03:54 Long-term work in one company - is it worth it? 01:07:07 Devaluation of testing in the company 01:09:15 What is needed for a successful career 01:15:08 A missed bug in production Roman Tsakunov is an automation tester with 8 years of experience. Roman writes autotests in Python, automates testing in JAVA and is a mentor and teacher for many testers in the industry. Roma has a cool YouTube channel where he shares how to become a tester, how to learn test automation, how to switch to automation from manual testing and whether it is profitable to switch from manual testing to automation. In this interview we discussed: how much does a manual tester earn tester salary at the start of a career how to find a job as a tester without experience What a tester should know how much does an automation tester earn what is testing What a tester does what a tester should know how to independently learn to be a tester tester from scratch what to study software testing what a manual tester does qa engineer tester resume job search for a tester tester without experience tester job tester from scratch