# Hello from Portsmouth, England **URL:** \ **Category:** Archive\ **Created:** [8 June 2020 12:51 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-portsmouth-england/39419 "2020-06-08T12:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![howarths](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/howarths/32/6949_2.png) [@howarths](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/howarths)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 12:51 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-portsmouth-england/39419/1 "2020-06-08T12:51:16Z")
Hey all, my name is Steven. I am a realtively new tester, starting my first junior role in Feburary, with no prior experience in testing or software. I am hoping to get to know some of you in this community and learn more about testing practices and habits.I have currently only done balck-box and exploratory testing, But am I teaching my self robot-frmaework for automation testing. ---
**Author:** ![undevelopedbruce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/undevelopedbruce/32/4704_2.png) [@undevelopedbruce](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/undevelopedbruce)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 13:38 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-portsmouth-england/39419/2 "2020-06-08T13:38:37Z")
Hey Steven!!! Welcome!! 😃 You should come over to the MOT slack if you’re not in it, lots of opportunities to meet and talk to other testers! There’s even a virtual-coffee channel that pairs people up every week and you can chat to testers from all over the World. Super cool. Either way, welcome to the community new testing friend! ---
**Author:** ![heather\_reid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/heather_reid/32/29_2.png) [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 14:21 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-portsmouth-england/39419/3 "2020-06-08T14:21:52Z")
Welcome Steven 👋 between here and the MoT Slack as Bruce mentions, you’ll get a lot of support 🙂 There are a couple of posts on here about Robot Framework but if you have a question you’d like to ask and you don’t see it already, please do ask. ---
**Author:** ![simon\_tomes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/simon_tomes/32/14009_2.png) [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 15:47 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-portsmouth-england/39419/4 "2020-06-08T15:47:21Z")
Congrats on posting here, Steven. And how very cool you’re on a new testing adventure! Is this article on your radar? Perhaps it’ll be helpful – it’s epic and by @heather_reid (above this here post): [30 Things Every New Software Tester Should Learn](https://www.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/30-things-every-new-software-tester-should-learn) ---
**Author:** ![howarths](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/howarths/32/6949_2.png) [@howarths](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/howarths)\ **Post date:** [10 June 2020 10:38 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-portsmouth-england/39419/5 "2020-06-10T10:38:22Z")
Hey, thanks for the suggestion. I have just joined the Slack now. Look foward to interacting with you all there 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ravishankarste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@ravishankarste](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ravishankarste)\ **Post date:** [13 June 2020 11:52 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-portsmouth-england/39419/6 "2020-06-13T11:52:04Z")
Hi Steven, How are you. First of all, congratulations for getting into IT. I am also trying to get into Automation testing. Hopefully very soon, I will be there. You can ask questions on slack as others mentioned and get answers. Congrats once again.