I had an interesting afternoon. As many of you know, I have taken early retirement a couple times in my 30 yr. computer career. So, last week I get a call from one of my old consulting firms to come and talk to them today about a job opening. I figured they want me to help recruit someone else. Nope! They wanted me to go back in the market! So we swapped lies for a while and then they came to the point. Job opening doing QA testing for another multinational company. Even had a written test! Free lunch - I'll do your test. Passed the test - black box, white box, regression testing, 20 questions about using Unix. Next comes the account manager with the money offer. I listen and when I get up off the floor and back into the chair - he says " We talked to your references ( old manager, director, couple VPs and a CEO) and you don't do QA like it's done now, you have no focus, you are a generalist instead of a specialist. You test for the customer. We need you to lead a team doing Product Assurance - testing from the chair like the end user. Don't test to see if we filled the requirements, test what we are delivering!" I liked that the references were so positive. Many of you are just doing UNI and College - however that is defined. But please, a tip. Do whatever you want but be good at it. Look at life from right side, left side, front, back. 5 figure takehome salary per month+ I may "un-retire" again. john
Congrats on the job offer... but that will cut into your modding time! Don't forget that sometimes it helps look at life from the top and bottom too (and no, I'm not just being facetious! Self-evaluation is good for you.)
