shicky

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by shicky 6y ago
what's his youtube?
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by shicky 6y ago
With bullshit jobs, could you expand on finding meaningful work? It's something that has eaten me up the last while (non meaningful work and being unsure what direction to head to find it) I've searched a few reviews of the book b
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by shicky 6y ago
Any advice on finding a working logical argument? I find myself stuck in unhelpful loops sometimes i.e. Do I enjoy my job? Do I have a sense of purpose in my job? I realise the answer will be personal and only I can provide it but I'
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by shicky 9y ago
I'm potentially interested in moving to Malta with my wife, possible to email you about the realities? My email is in my profile
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by shicky 9y ago
not Dublin myself, further up North but I'll get in touch, thank you for the kind offer!
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by shicky 9y ago
Improve testability throughout applications by working with their team, setup and maintain test frameworks (hopefully improving them over time), determine what tests should be automated and those that shouldn't, write automated tests,
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by shicky 9y ago
I think you're jumping to an awful lot of conclusions there? The reason I'm targeting automation is that it tends to be done really badly in most companies. At the moment I feel I do it pretty well but always seek to improve. At
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by shicky 9y ago
I did indeed mean test automation, apologies, I should have been more clear.
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Ask HN: How do I become a world class automation engineer?
32 points by shicky 9y ago|11 comments
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Ask HN: What goals do you have in work or how do you find meaning in work?
2 points by shicky 10y ago|0 comments
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by shicky 11y ago
Great to see a HN post on testing, they seem few and far between to me!
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by shicky 11y ago
can I ask why you decided to do this? The tests were just flakey while in robot framework world?
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by shicky 11y ago
thanks for asking this question, enjoying reading through the responses and may even get in touch with you OP as you sound similar to me.
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by shicky 11y ago
is the course any good? I've considered it but yet to pull the trigger
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by shicky 12y ago
thanks for this! You mentioned Selenium, automated tester?
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by shicky 12y ago
wow, thank you for your incredibly detailed reply. I'll ensure I refer back to it again and again. Often I have the problem I'm in the midst of right now, I focus on specifics rather than the bigger picture and the general thing
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by shicky 12y ago
1) Software, more specifically web applications. 2) Automated browser/ui tests, hopefully I'll get to move more toward the api/service/functional level as well. First stop will be to essentially build a regression suite
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Becoming a fantastic Software Engineer in Test and Automation
5 points by shicky 12y ago|4 comments
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by shicky 12y ago
Does anything like this exist for testing?
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by shicky 12y ago
1. Software testing. I really struggle to find good information at improving in this field
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by shicky 13y ago
is this 'Winner' and 'Loser' ?
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by shicky 13y ago
is there similar conversion degrees for other courses or is it pretty much always non-IT to an IT masters?
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by shicky 13y ago
how do you become an automated testing deity? Any recommended resources?
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by shicky 13y ago
good advice for automation/development I imagine but for QA this surely doesn't apply as I won't be writing the code?
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Ask HN: Training/skills to become a good QA engineer
3 points by shicky 13y ago|2 comments
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by shicky 13y ago
seems to be the key point missing in all of this, exercising with a biomechanically screwed body = more problems. Though I certainly agree most just need to get off their butt and do something, I've had 7years of hip issues because my
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by shicky 13y ago
You can get the boat to South Korea which would be a decent alternative.
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by shicky 13y ago
Very much appreciate the reply and thank you for the kind offer of e-mail. Hopefully I'll find time to try your course, e-mail you some feedback and perhaps pick your brain :) Again OT, you said you taught PHP, where and how did you get in
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by shicky 13y ago
Slightly off-topic but I figure what the hell I may ask. I am two years out of university (comp sci), working as support/development in investment banks (indeed the work is destroying my soul.) I've spent quite a bit of time looking into
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by shicky 13y ago
I find my problem relating to this is the ladder up against the wrong tree/building problem, it seems an absolute bugger to work out. The good news is, I know when I do I have the tenacity and work ethic to constantly get better

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