{"id":1,"date":"2019-06-17T10:26:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T00:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clickworks.me\/?p=1"},"modified":"2019-08-19T23:27:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T13:27:23","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clickworks.me\/index.php\/2019\/06\/17\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Why  Blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Why Blog?<\/h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">To be honest, I&#8217;ve been quite busy recently. Nevertheless, I decided to start this blog.\u00a0 Why? What I will be writing about?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">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<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-Keep track of what I have done to become better tester and find a job.<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-Stay committed<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-Help me to find solutions to problems that I face\u00a0 and be more efficient as I move forward in learning and job search process<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-Save notes about useful resources, solutions related to errors.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">As I mentioned, these days I have<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>pretty hectic schedule. So hopefully, 1-2 short\u00a0 posts every 2 weeks would be something that I will be able to maintain.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here\u2019s what I can write about to reach the goals I listed above.<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"ul1\" style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-What I have learned over the last 1-2 weeks.<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-What I have done to find job.<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-What interesting resources I found.<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-Discuss what problems faced and what I can do to solve them.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>So here is what I have been up to over the last 2 weeks ( 1st two weeks of July 2019).<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li class=\"p1\">-Kept learning API testing on Udemy:<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-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.<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-Completed 50% of course.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"p1\">-Completed CSS course on codecademy.<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"p1\">-Finished my website and resume.<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"p1\">-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.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Found some interesting resources about testing:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">Testing platforms\/communities<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"ul1\" style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testbirds.com\/\"><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"bb8ce09c6c58\">TestBirds<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/testlio.com\/\"><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"44b8b5d186f6\">Testlio.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"744f7841cae6\"><a class=\"contentLink\" href=\"http:\/\/test.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Test.io<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/testerwork.com\/\"><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"01f8776bc9e5\">TesterWork.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/join.digivante.com\/as-functional-tester\"><span class=\"name\" data-wfid=\"e11eaed3af2d\">BugFinders<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\">-Awesome free courses to learn automation <a href=\"https:\/\/testautomationu.applitools.com\/\">Test Automation University<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/testautomationu.applitools.com\/\">-Podcast<\/a> about test automation by Joe Colontonio.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Is it worth to spend time on building a website?<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Is it Worth Spending Time on Building an Online Portfolio and Blog?\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Will help\u00a0 it<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>me to find a job. Not necessarily. But I am sure it will increase my chances.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">I am worried that I am moving too slowly. Do I focus on the right things? What I probably need to do is<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>-Prioritise tasks and use time efficiently.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Ask myself what are 1-3 most important things which will help me to come closer to my goal.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>-Complete courses which I started.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>-Keep practicing on Utest.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>-Keep looking for opportunities to join real testing projects as volunteer or intern (friends of friends, meetups, Facebook groups)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Blog? &nbsp; To be honest, I&#8217;ve been quite busy recently. Nevertheless, I decided to start this blog.\u00a0 Why? What I will be writing about? There are many articles on the internet discussing benefits of starting a professional blog. 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