Post number 1!!:D

Greetings aspiring QA software, and game testers!! 


Any one whom is reading this post is looking at the first one on this blog! 
So this first post is going to be about me and my experience in QA testing.  First off I am a 25 year old UC Irvine alumni, and I am an avid marathon runner. 


As far as my experience in testing goes, I have been a QA tester at a small testing company in Santa Monica for about a year, and as a kid I took part in some game testing.  When I first got the idea of being a tester I had originally found a job posting on craigslist asking for temporary QA testers at Square Enix's office in El Segundo.  I felt that it would be an awesome opportunity to play games and get paid to do it so I signed up for an interview right away, didn't get the job, but then my dad suggested to try this small start up company in Santa Monica and after initial resistance to the idea I decided to try it out and I was hired!


 When I went through some free mandatory training and gained the basic skills needed to work in the industry.  So I got the idea of making this blog when I watched a you tube video where a famous tester named James Bach gave a lecture about testing and how to gain a reputation, and amongst his tips was that a lot of known software testers have a blog.  I decided to start this blog to share what I've learned and a few interesting bugs that I come across.


So things that you can expect to see being posted to this blog will be basic facts, and info in QA testing, and bugs that I have/ will find.  Also I am currently trying to study for the International Software  Testing Qualification Board's (ISTQB) certification exam.  It's supposedly not a required thing to be certified but it helps in getting jobs so I will also post some notes I take on the subject.


Enjoy!