July 20, 2011 at 03:267 ways of budget training for testers
If you look closely at various IT professions, you get the feeling that testers have more “motive” than in any other direction. It is understandable: the industry is young, immature, and the level of qualification is lagging behind the western one.
At the same time, it may seem that training is difficult or expensive. No matter how! Testers have a ton of opportunities to learn, either very inexpensively, or even for free! Today I want to share news in the world of training testers: I hope that everyone interested will find something suitable for themselves.
It finally happened! The first rally of testers was held in Nizhny Novgorod , who ... tested! For my own pleasure, for the sake of new knowledge, for the sake of interesting communication. The event was successful, so wait for the continuation in the near future! In the meantime, you can chat with the organizers and offer any ideas, suggestions, or report a mistake :)
By the way, so that the organizers understand exactly what you are talking with, feel free to indicate the name of the event in the subject: “The First International Professional Forum of Testing Specialists and software quality control ”, nobody will confuse such a simple name. And if you are too lazy to print, just call it PMPFSPTiKKPO :)
When: the date of the next QA Forum will be announced soon.
Cost of participation: free.
Recently, fashion has gone to various newsletters.
Victoria Ptitsyna and a team of 4 people are "officially" sending out the main portal of runet testers , which aggregates all the latest news, blog entries and articles on testing.
I started a newsletter for very, very beginner testers , in which we analyze both the main testing topics and employment issues, discussing specific difficulties in a closed forum.
Just the other day, Gleb Rybalko launched his mailing list for testers , with whose subscribers he promises to also share free webinars.
When : regularly, on average once a week
Subscription price : free
Portal Software-Testing.Ru this year is preparing a real sweetie! Namely, the ConfeT & QA conference . Its main difference from everything that has ever been is a practical orientation, as many as 15 reports, the possibility of remote participation and the inconceivably low cost of participation. At the same time, the main slogan of the conference is no theory, only specific advice that can be applied the very next day after participation. Considering that the quality of the reports is monitored by CAM , there is no doubt about the result.
When : October 17-21
Cost of participation : from 700 rubles
Where the fashion for tester communities came from is a mystery. But a barely noticeable trend cascaded into an epidemic! Communities are open in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk, Saratov and Voronezh, Kazakhstan and Kazan, Kharkov and ... Oh, oh! There are so many! Want to know what their meaning is? Gather regularly, share experiences, invite experts, talk about the latest developments, organize all sorts of interesting goodies for testers ... Moreover, almost every club has opened its Skype chat, in which you can quickly turn to colleagues for advice - and, as practice shows, get emergency assistance.
Not a member of the testers club yet? Then we go to you!
When : on average, once a month in each city
Cost of participation : free
Well, who does not know about SQA Days ? And this year it will also be an anniversary, 10th! Will be held in Moscow and plans to gather up to 500people testers! There are a lot of reports, the speakers are interesting, the reputation of the conference is excellent - from year to year admiring reviews prevail.
By the way, in the wake of the last conference almost all the reports, presentations, video recordings and / or slide castes are collected. You can get acquainted with them, discuss and ask questions to speakers in a special section of the testers forum - " SQA Days Online ".
Of course, SQA Days stands out from this list at a cost that is far from being the most democratic. BUT! Firstly, it is two whole days and a huge pile of reports. And secondly - I know a way to get to the conference for free! All you need is nothing — an excellent report and no less excellent mood :)
When : December 2-3
Cost of participation : 5.000-10.000 p.
I'm afraid to repeat myself, but testers are incredibly social creatures. They only need to talk! Therefore, they always participate in all kinds of conferences, meetings, gatherings, invite colleagues in advance, and then also post various records of various events on their blogs and forums.
Examples of recordings can be seen here or here , and examples of invites to plague events - here or here .
It is envious that did not see this before? Afraid to miss other events? Don’t be afraid, I’m with you :) And even ready to share a little trick: subscribe with one click to the RSS feed of all Russian-language testing blogs . Then you definitely will not miss anything!
When: blog updates every day
Cost of participation : free
Right! There are not many sensible articles on testing on Habr'e! Let's talk, share information, ideas, useful links. Activate, activate!
At the same time, it may seem that training is difficult or expensive. No matter how! Testers have a ton of opportunities to learn, either very inexpensively, or even for free! Today I want to share news in the world of training testers: I hope that everyone interested will find something suitable for themselves.
1. QA Forums - Bug Battle analogues
It finally happened! The first rally of testers was held in Nizhny Novgorod , who ... tested! For my own pleasure, for the sake of new knowledge, for the sake of interesting communication. The event was successful, so wait for the continuation in the near future! In the meantime, you can chat with the organizers and offer any ideas, suggestions, or report a mistake :)
By the way, so that the organizers understand exactly what you are talking with, feel free to indicate the name of the event in the subject: “The First International Professional Forum of Testing Specialists and software quality control ”, nobody will confuse such a simple name. And if you are too lazy to print, just call it PMPFSPTiKKPO :)
When: the date of the next QA Forum will be announced soon.
Cost of participation: free.
2. Mailing lists for testers
Recently, fashion has gone to various newsletters.
Victoria Ptitsyna and a team of 4 people are "officially" sending out the main portal of runet testers , which aggregates all the latest news, blog entries and articles on testing.
I started a newsletter for very, very beginner testers , in which we analyze both the main testing topics and employment issues, discussing specific difficulties in a closed forum.
Just the other day, Gleb Rybalko launched his mailing list for testers , with whose subscribers he promises to also share free webinars.
When : regularly, on average once a week
Subscription price : free
3. Online conference for testers
Portal Software-Testing.Ru this year is preparing a real sweetie! Namely, the ConfeT & QA conference . Its main difference from everything that has ever been is a practical orientation, as many as 15 reports, the possibility of remote participation and the inconceivably low cost of participation. At the same time, the main slogan of the conference is no theory, only specific advice that can be applied the very next day after participation. Considering that the quality of the reports is monitored by CAM , there is no doubt about the result.
When : October 17-21
Cost of participation : from 700 rubles
4. Tester Community Meetings
Where the fashion for tester communities came from is a mystery. But a barely noticeable trend cascaded into an epidemic! Communities are open in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk, Saratov and Voronezh, Kazakhstan and Kazan, Kharkov and ... Oh, oh! There are so many! Want to know what their meaning is? Gather regularly, share experiences, invite experts, talk about the latest developments, organize all sorts of interesting goodies for testers ... Moreover, almost every club has opened its Skype chat, in which you can quickly turn to colleagues for advice - and, as practice shows, get emergency assistance.
Not a member of the testers club yet? Then we go to you!
When : on average, once a month in each city
Cost of participation : free
5. SQA Days Conference
Well, who does not know about SQA Days ? And this year it will also be an anniversary, 10th! Will be held in Moscow and plans to gather up to 500
By the way, in the wake of the last conference almost all the reports, presentations, video recordings and / or slide castes are collected. You can get acquainted with them, discuss and ask questions to speakers in a special section of the testers forum - " SQA Days Online ".
Of course, SQA Days stands out from this list at a cost that is far from being the most democratic. BUT! Firstly, it is two whole days and a huge pile of reports. And secondly - I know a way to get to the conference for free! All you need is nothing — an excellent report and no less excellent mood :)
When : December 2-3
Cost of participation : 5.000-10.000 p.
6. Free seminars, webinars, recordings of reports
I'm afraid to repeat myself, but testers are incredibly social creatures. They only need to talk! Therefore, they always participate in all kinds of conferences, meetings, gatherings, invite colleagues in advance, and then also post various records of various events on their blogs and forums.
Examples of recordings can be seen here or here , and examples of invites to plague events - here or here .
It is envious that did not see this before? Afraid to miss other events? Don’t be afraid, I’m with you :) And even ready to share a little trick: subscribe with one click to the RSS feed of all Russian-language testing blogs . Then you definitely will not miss anything!
When: blog updates every day
Cost of participation : free
7. Guess what?
Right! There are not many sensible articles on testing on Habr'e! Let's talk, share information, ideas, useful links. Activate, activate!