Why Blog?

 

To be honest, I’ve been quite busy recently. Nevertheless, I decided to start this blog.  Why? What I will be writing about?

There are many articles on the internet discussing benefits of starting a professional blog. In my case, these are main reason why I decided to do it

• -Keep track of what I have done to become better tester and find a job.
• -Stay committed
• -Help me to find solutions to problems that I face  and be more efficient as I move forward in learning and job search process
• -Save notes about useful resources, solutions related to errors.

As I mentioned, these days I have  pretty hectic schedule. So hopefully, 1-2 short  posts every 2 weeks would be something that I will be able to maintain.

Here’s what I can write about to reach the goals I listed above.

• -What I have learned over the last 1-2 weeks.
• -What I have done to find job.
• -What interesting resources I found.
• -Discuss what problems faced and what I can do to solve them.

So here is what I have been up to over the last 2 weeks ( 1st two weeks of July 2019).

• -Kept learning API testing on Udemy:

• • -Learned how to run tests in Eclipse; run multiple tests; define testNG.xml file for one single aTrigger point to all tests; how to run xml file from command line; how to view report.
  • -Completed 50% of course.
• -Completed CSS course on codecademy.
• -Finished my website and resume.
• -Asked some of my friends to help me find internship / volunteering project to get some testing experience; sent them my resume and link to online portfolio.

Found some interesting resources about testing:

• Testing platforms/communities

 

• • TestBirds
  • Testlio.com
  • Test.io
  • TesterWork.com
  • BugFinders

 

• • • -Awesome free courses to learn automation Test Automation University  
    • -Podcast about test automation by Joe Colontonio.

Is it worth to spend time on building a website?

 

Is it Worth Spending Time on Building an Online Portfolio and Blog? 

 

Will help  it  me to find a job. Not necessarily. But I am sure it will increase my chances.

I am worried that I am moving too slowly. Do I focus on the right things? What I probably need to do is

• -Prioritise tasks and use time efficiently.  Ask myself what are 1-3 most important things which will help me to come closer to my goal.
• -Complete courses which I started.
• -Keep practicing on Utest.
• -Keep looking for opportunities to join real testing projects as volunteer or intern (friends of friends, meetups, Facebook groups)