QA Courses: How Not to Go Wrong, and How Else to Learn Testing?
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Talk examines problems hiring junior QA engineers who completed various testing courses, pointing out that common training tasks (fragmented paid course modules, meaningless test apps, assignments like “find at least 40 bugs”) often lack practical value or are harmful. It then gives concrete advice for junior testers on self-development: recommended books, whether to take courses, and how to choose courses wisely; and discusses how trainers being detached from real projects harms learning.
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