# Hello from Vancouver, Canada!
**URL:** https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-vancouver-canada/39003
**Category:** Archive
**Created:** [27 May 2020 04:11 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-vancouver-canada/39003 "2020-05-27T04:11:22Z")
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### Author:  [@infohiking2](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/infohiking2)
#### Post date: [27 May 2020 04:11 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-vancouver-canada/39003/1 "2020-05-27T04:11:22Z")
Hi folks,
I’m pursuing QA as a new career path and way to get more exposure into software development, coming from a technical non-programmer background. I recently completed a general overview of QA as it pertains to the SLDC and key QA documents like a test summary and plan. I have worked in QA, primarily manual testing, but unfortunately the role ended sooner than I’d have liked.
- Self-directed learning since: An overview of QA and key documents like the Test Strategy, and how QA fits into the SLDC, particularly Agile development
Here are my three key objectives right now:
- Learn Selenium and complete some basic testing with Selenium and the language I know best currently (Python)
- Complete rounding out my picture of QA today, including other key frameworks. For example: I gather Selenium is so common because web dev is such a huge area, but what are the frameworks / tools for systems or backend testing and test automation?
- The most significant objective: How can I create testing exercises that qualify as “relevant practice”? In other words: how can I simulate and demonstrate real-world testing to gain relevant experience that employers would recognize?
Would love to hear any thoughts, ideas, and suggestions, and thanks to MoT for creating such a community! ❤
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### Author:  [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)
#### Post date: [27 May 2020 10:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/hello-from-vancouver-canada/39003/2 "2020-05-27T10:31:13Z")
Welcome to The Club @infohiking2 👋 Sounds like you’ve got a pretty well structured approach to your career path 😁
I’m sure others would have better suggestions than me for objectives 1 and 2 so I’ll offer my own experience for objective 3 and it might help you.
I used [Crowd Source Testing](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/crowd-source-testing/1118) to help me get a range of experience in different areas (and help me pay off some bills). I started with [Products and sites to practice testing on](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/products-and-sites-to-practice-testing-on/1242) first though to help me get some foundations experience so those two might help