Comments on: Money making, software testing career and secrets of a richest tester

By: jMREDDY

jMREDDY — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:45:28 +0000

@pounderrajan

u r great tooooooooooooo great but what is the use u donot have ———–fill it up

By: PradeepSoundararajan

PradeepSoundararajan — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:26:57 +0000

@ Shashwant,

Who is BIG ? Tester or Developer.

Why compare testers with developers? Why not with the CEO of the company? Why not with Network Administrators?

So, the idea of comparing testers with non testers is not plausible. You might want to compare yourselves with other testers who are successful. That might make sense.

Once again: http://careers360.com/news/3757-Software-Testing

@SaiPraveena,

Can you help me understand your question.

@Priya,

i too agree… Pradeep thinks that he rocks in testing

Well yes, I do. I accept that. Is that wrong? Is “Pradeep” thinking about that wrong? OR Is anyone thinking about that is wrong?

Do I need to get to an age of 50 to be able to say that? Experience is not necessarily based on age, it is what we have done to the time that has passed by.

I rock in testing and I want you to rock, too. Is that bad?

By: Shraara

Shraara — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:29:10 +0000

Hello Everybody,

Just want to say don’t worry be happy. The whole world is mad. Do whatever you want and leave rest for the god..

Jai Hind Jai Maharastra !!!

By: AnuRam

AnuRam — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:38:04 +0000

Hi @Pradeep,
“Questioning
Brainstorming
Mental Modeling
Logical Thinking
Communication – Reading, Writing, Speaking
Lateral Thinking
Pattern Recognition
Learning
Contextual thinking
Critiquing ( Self, too )
Analysis
Cognition
Managing Bias
Learning to learn
Unlearning
Knowledge of human limitations, ( i.e for ex: Inattentional Blindness )
Observation
Hearing
etc
that really matters.”
All the above listed really matters for a tester. You are exactly correct Pradeep.
Its good to add “process” also to list. Process makes a lot of difference. Its an advantage actually.
Process knowledge saves a lot of time spent in training. It streamlines and helps to deliver customer satisfied product. From the above article, I understand that you believe that the process makes a resource to loose these qualities that you listed. Never, it only helps to direct to the same mission. If everyone in team knows the mission and if all of them target the same point, its easy to reach the goal. This is where you apply process.
If you find a resource A with all the qualities that you listed above and resource B with B= A + process knowledge. Whom would you prefer in your team? Its obvious answer B, that’s what Kishore also explained earlier.
Nowadays “I” doesn’t matter unless “I” fit into company processes to bring profits to organisation. So lets follow the process streamlined by the company or customer and find the bugs.
Thanks Pradeep. keep posting more articles and your valuable reply. You make everyone to quest. This is interesting !
Lets take this as a learning curve and try to take away more good. If process is one which brings improvement /cost saving, then lets not hesitate to include that. Thanks to Kishore for pointing out this.
2 suggestions:
1- is to encourage the critics always. Only friends send criticisms.. Never stop critisicisms, it’s a tool for your improvement or to get to know where you are.
2 –restrict the comments to the topic and avoid sending personal comments. It stops the interest to return to the forum.

Regards,
AnuRam

By: Priya

Priya — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:59:37 +0000

i too agree… Pradeep thinks that he rocks in testing

By: sripraveena

sripraveena — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:11:35 +0000

pls answer me …so that i can crack that secret

By: sripraveena

sripraveena — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:10:31 +0000

Hello MR pradeep, I just decided to take up sw testing as my career, so i read the article in view to gain few points but initially disappointed and irritaed with the article as it is meaning less with the title..but after reading the comments by you “IF success formula is as easy as a+b square thats when i re read ur ariticle and though it is still a bouncer i am sure i will find atleast one point bcoz one cannot be successful on mere luck if u have reached that point then there is something that xtra u have …i hope i get the essence of ur topic ..i am taking a printout and wuld keep it .thanks for making me think …i hope to get back to u with a gud job .

By: Brama

Brama — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:54:37 +0000

What a great article!

I am really proud to say that i am a software tester.

You are great!

I am just 6months in Web application testing.

I Challenge you that i will become more great than you!

By: Pradeep Soundararajan

Pradeep Soundararajan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:24:35 +0000

@Shaswant,

http://careers360.com/news/3757-Software-Testing

By: Shashwat

Shashwat — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:28:41 +0000

Hi Predeep,
Your article was really grt but it is confusing to me a bit related to the carrer in testing bcz nowdays also people give prefrence to developers as compared to tester.
Who is BIG ?
Tester or Developer.