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" I experience that my QA see themselves somewhere else and use the department to a foot into the door for other roles do you combat that and how you build QA as a valid career path in people minds?" - Marcin Pieprzowski
âWhat do you do when a team memberâs career goals includes management, changing roles for good cv content for âtheir careerâ - and yet the job canât provide that?â - Kevin OâNeill
âHow long should we take to train the basic for a trainee intern who doesnât have much QA knowledge?â - Malkanthi Hewage
âWho do you think should be responsible of hiring QA team members? QA Lead/QA Manager/Engineering Manager/CTOâ - Ruslan
" I am currently in the position of starting a new team in a very fast firefighting environment and Iâm pressured to hire my first two Testers will you say it is more important to start with seniors rather than juniors? Just due to my availability for upskilling" - Tjoeffie
" I experience that my QA see themselves somewhere else and use the department to a foot into the door for other roles do you combat that and how you build QA as a valid career path in people minds?" - Marcin Pieprzowski
Hmmm, I think itâs about understanding this in the interview (asking them questions about motivation to be a QA, how they develop as a QA etc) and depends on what and why theyâre looking to move as well. Is the reason that thereâs no career path in QA? Or other ones are more appealing in your company?
âWhat do you do when a team memberâs career goals includes management, changing roles for good cv content for âtheir careerâ - and yet the job canât provide that?â - Kevin OâNeill
I think thatâs a person whoâs very focussed on themselves and I wonder if youâll ever satisfy them? I guess if youâre getting a good return from them Iâd be thinking about how I can give them opportunities to stretch themselves but I think Iâd need a top level employee to do this as I guess it would be constant and I doubt Iâd do it just so people can improve their CV?
âHow long should we take to train the basic for a trainee intern who doesnât have much QA knowledge?â - Malkanthi Hewage
I think the definition of basic here is whatâs at stake. You can throw somebody on a training course and in a week theyâd have enough knowledge to pass the ISTQB foundation so does that class as basic? Hands on work only, youâre probably talking a few months perhaps? Iâve had plenty of people with zero knowledge be working mostly independently in 3 months no issue but youâre just scratching the surface at that level.
âWho do you think should be responsible of hiring QA team members? QA Lead/QA Manager/Engineering Manager/CTOâ - Ruslan
Whoever is managing/working with them. I think having a level of senior oversight involved to ensure people arenât making short term selfish decisions (e.g. I run a project, I need a tester so just hire the first person I see to make up numbers)
" I am currently in the position of starting a new team in a very fast firefighting environment and Iâm pressured to hire my first two Testers will you say it is more important to start with seniors rather than juniors? Just due to my availability for upskilling" - Tjoeffie
Has to be senior imo. If youâre firefighting, bringing in people you need to manage/train will remove your ability to fight the fire. The word pressure worries me as it can lead to bad decisions but I think being open and honest about the situation in the interview should lead to the right people to join the company.