My ideal software tester development status

The ideal path of personal development is as follows ：

Lay the foundation —> sleep on the brushwood —> A profound —> make snap —> Stand on top of the test —> Start a new challenge

player , After a period of effort, I became an intermediate player , After a period of effort, he became a master , After another period of efforts, I entered a new industry from this industry and continued to start my life journey .

In a bad state , After working in a certain industry for a long time, I'm still in the primary stage , I began to feel confused 、 Remorse 、 Depressed days , Then it didn't take long to be eliminated , Maybe lucky enough to be able to do a job it The work of migrant workers , Then they are still eliminated when they are old .

Except for the ideal state and the bad state , There may be several intermediate states , I can't explain it one by one . The description of ideal state is the most beneficial development state for individuals , Bad state is definitely the most unfavorable state , So we should try our best to follow the ideal development path to complete our career in a certain industry , Avoid bad situations .

From the description of the above two states , I wonder if readers can see any core differences in description ？ Ideally, I use a total of 4 individual “ Strive ” Key words to describe the whole industry career development , But there is no such word in the description of bad state . Simply speaking , In all industries, as long as you work hard and constantly adhere to meet challenges , The more likely you are to make your career path conform to the ideal state .

Next, I'll explain to you the ideal development state I understand in the testing industry ：

1、 Lay the foundation

We all know that skyscrapers cannot be built without good foundations , The foundation is just like our foundation , Skyscrapers are our career development achievements , So foundation is the decisive factor of how high a person can develop .

For those who enter the industry , I suggest learning the following well ： A programming language （1-2 Practice of ten thousand lines of code ）、 Data structures and algorithms （50 A common algorithm ）、Linux Of 50 Common commands and basic system management skills 、 Database support （sql、 Indexes 、 Design patterns 、 Basic management 、 Basic tuning skills ）、 Operating system principle 、 Compiler principle 、 Network principle 、http agreement 、 Discrete mathematics and distributed computing . If you haven't learned these , I suggest you go to study , If you have learned it, then learn it well .

This knowledge is usually learned in universities and training institutions , Of course, there are also a few students who acquire this knowledge by self-study at home . For decades, the core principles of computer programming have not changed much , All kinds of computer knowledge mentioned above belong to this core category , Testing industry practitioners （ Including developers ） Only by understanding the lowest level of computer knowledge can we better learn and apply all kinds of high and new technologies .

sleep on the brushwood

After college （ After graduation from the training institution ）, Most people want to enter various companies as a pure novice to start their career .

Those who have a good foundation are lucky , May be in a giant it The company starts its own career , They are systematically trained by the company , Good tutorial system to help them grow rapidly . Those less fortunate friends , Probably went to a small company , There is no training and no one to take you , I can only grope by myself , I haven't entered the working state for a long time .

No matter what kind of company you mentioned above , You need to constantly learn and explore according to the work you face . There is always someone in your company who can help you , You have to find someone who can really help you to overcome all kinds of acclimatization , Some tips are to learn from the experts in the company through some social means , And through many communications 、 Meals and various team activities increase the opportunities to contact Masters , Find a way to deal with them , In this way, you can get twice the result with half the effort to start your career . Got it, mentor , The rest is to study hard , There's nothing more to say , When you encounter something you can't, you have to find a way to learn , Baidu search 、 Buying books 、 Watch videos 、 Ask your tutor until you understand , And take what I learned as my blog as my career . If you feel challenged every week , And I can handle it myself , Then I congratulate you , You will grow very fast .

If you feel that you seldom encounter challenges , Everything is easy , Then I want to remind you that as a novice, this situation is very dangerous , Because only challenges can really make you gain , Instead of ordinary and light days . If you are successfully challenged 1、2 year , Then it is likely to enter the next stage of cultivation .

3、 A profound

Compared with the previous stage , The main content of this stage is that you have the opportunity to do projects or lead a small team according to your own independent ideas , Of course, it also brings related responsibilities . It's great to be able to do things according to your own ideas , Because you don't have to follow others' plans to do things , You can fully use your thinking ability to find problems 、 Analyze and solve problems . Whether this stage is successful , It mainly depends on whether you have successfully completed the project or brought out an elite team according to your own ideas . This stage emphasizes your independent thinking ability 、 Team work ability and the ability to be responsible for the results .

4、 make snap

It means that you can be completely independent in charge of the testing department , Set up a team and build a team completely independently , Lead the team to complete various test projects efficiently according to their own management ideas , Get good results , Cultivate more outstanding people for the company , Made more testing tools and testing frameworks , The overall product quality of the company has been improved . Usually this stage refers to when you become a test director or test manager , Completely rely on personal management ability and technical ability to control the company's testing department .

5、 Stand on top of the test

Being the top test leader of the company does not mean that you are on the top of the test , I mean the top of testing refers to those who have made outstanding contributions to the testing industry , Transfer your years of best practice experience to your testing peers , Promote the technical development of the testing industry or the improvement of the quality of testers . You can usually give lectures 、 publish books 、 Bring out outstanding testing teams to achieve the goal of standing on the top of testing . In the testing industry, if there is 1% People can hear of you , And I think you have made a certain contribution to this industry , So from my point of view, I think you are on the top of the test ！ What we pursue at this stage is dedication 、 Sharing and innovation .

6、 Start a new challenge

A lifetime of testing ？ If you really like this profession , Then I must congratulate you on finding true love , You can ignore the content mentioned in the sixth stage . If you don't like this profession , Before, I entered the industry just to support myself , Then you should plan this stage carefully . Once you leave the testing industry you are familiar with , Then you may be a novice in other industries , You may have to repeat the above processes , But for those who are good at learning and like new things, these challenges are nothing . I really encourage you to start a new career , We came to this world to see a more colorful life , Instead of standing still . If you have the opportunity to feel the mysteries of other industries , Why should we refuse ？

When you stand on the top of the test , You should choose another new goal as your new starting point , You can meet many like-minded friends through continuous struggle , You can encounter more interesting stories , Can do more things to change the world , Maybe one day you will realize your true ideal ！

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