Born to Be a Tester

I have been working as a tester at GlobalLogic since 09-Oct-2006 and do the same currently. What I did before and how it happened I am at GlobalLogic – the story ahead is about.

Originally I come from Mykolaiv, Ukraine. It was the place I finished secondary school, graduated from university, and gained my first professional experience.

I discovered semi-“catch 22”, when I tried to find a job in IT sphere being a student at university. It was “catch 22” because experience is required to get a job, and job is required to gain an experience. The “catch 22” was just “semi-”, because the way out was there. I found an opportunity of an internship at local PC store. I made computer assemblings and installed software. So, I worked several hours a week till the day I was proposed a job at local TV channel as a video engineer. I shot, captured, and edited films for commercial projects.

I graduated from university and it was decided to move to Kharkiv (my girl-friend was proposed a job there at Procter & Gamble company). I began to look for a position of Software Tester even though I had no experience in testing. The company I liked kept silent, that was Validio. Another opportunity was a position of Shop Assistant at Unitrade stores network in portable equipment department, and I filled that vacancy. The next step towards testing was a job proposal from Systems Online company to take a position of Software Tester. Basically I performed automation testing. It was the time I gained great experience in software testing. Finally I took part in IT-Contest held by Validio company and received invitation for an interview. Thus I succeeded to hunt the company I dreamed about, and I was hired to work as a Software Tester. I worked for projects of Medtronic company, with their automated external defibrillators. I was completely satisfied with the job I had.

“All flows and all passes” - remember, my girl-friend, so, she was proposed a relocation to Kyiv. Nice, pretty nice! Job hunting just began. I updated my resume and started Kyiv’s IT labor-market investigation. I arranged most of interviews beforehand; and after move to Kyiv I spent 2 weeks to visit employers having 2-3 interviews a day. Thus, I was interviewed at 11 companies, totally about 17 interviews. The result was 5 job propositions.

I decided to work at GlobalLogic. Actually, it was the first employer, who responded to my resume, the first at that time, who interviewed me, and who made a proposal. All other interviews were just because I had to be sure I would occupy right position, at right company, with friendly co-workers, with right prospects, and with room for professional and personal growth. Here I am, at GlobalLogic! I believe, that I will be only more and more sure of right choice of mine, as I am sure now.