Software Engineering Unlocked

A soul-crushing job search

Jan 18, 2023

44:34

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Getting Back Into Software Testing or Software Engineering

02:12

You Can't Make an Impact in the First Week in a New Job?

03:05

I Will Wind It in Interviews

01:38

Introduction

2min

Job Search

2min

The Community Boss at Ministry of Testing

3min

Writing Code

3min

You Can't Make an Impact in the First Week in a New Job?

3min

Bad Interviews - What's the Biggest Mistake This Company Has Ever Made?

5min

Tester Interviews - How Did They Make You Feel?

6min

Is There Such a Difference Between a Tester and a Nurse?

2min

Interviews

2min

10.

I Will Wind It in Interviews

2min

11.

Do You Have a Career Coach?

3min

12.

Build Accessibility Into Mobile Apps

4min

13.

Getting Back Into Software Testing or Software Engineering

2min

14.

You Can't Have Impact, Right?

2min

15.

What I Have Done Is So Important for Career Advancement

2min

16.

AwesomeCODRIS.com

2min

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Episode Resources:
Heather's Twitter
Heather's job search blog post
Heather's Blog

About Heather Reid
Heather Reid is a Test Engineer at Glofox. Before that she was the community boss for Ministry of Testing, making sure that the testing community had everything to be successful. Before that, she was a software tester at Exploristics and at Moola.

Episode Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:00 What does a test community boss do?
06:28 Can we forget our skills?
08:00 Attending workshops
09:00 4-hour interview experience
10:00 Hurtful rejections pile up
12:10 Can't ask questions in an interview
14:00 A good interview experience
19:00 A technical test
23:00 Different backgrounds and perspectives
26:10 Arguing during an interview
30:50 Improving the state of testing 33:50 Adding accessibility 40:00 Career advice for job seekers

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Software Engineering Unlocked

A soul-crushing job search

Getting Back Into Software Testing or Software Engineering

You Can't Make an Impact in the First Week in a New Job?

I Will Wind It in Interviews

Earn additional income by sharing your opinion on userinterviews.com!

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