A Day In The Life of a QA Tester at a Software Development Company

The software development industry wouldn't be where it is without the need for QA testers. A Quality Assurance Tester, or QA Tester, plays a vital role in the development process of any software application. They are responsible for evaluating the quality and usability of features that have already been developed by programmers.

In short, it's their job to find bugs before it's too late!

Check out behind the scenes of a day in the life of QA Tester, Michael, working from the Silverchip office in Manchester, UK.

[lorenzrosenthal]

we have a guy on my team who did QA for a decade. He has a godly sense for the weirdest user paths in our app which lead to bugs. It is truly amazing! Also he is a truffle pig for finding causes of bugs even in code he neither wrote nor is his primary programming language. Invaluable team member!

[Cat-vdju]

I sit and I eat all day. That's exactly the information I was wanting to learn about when I clicked this - what a total stranger likes to eat.

[simondean]

introduced as someone who checks and finds bugs within code which has already been created. I paused it right there, already a very poor representation of what a QA does! for anyone who doesn't know, a QA is involved from the very beginning, all the way to the very end, and influences at every stage to advocate for quality. This means sense checking the idea and how it will fit with the application, it means ensuring the plan is aligned to the idea, ensuring the plan actually makes sense for someone to build and someone else to have tangible items to check it's right. then it's often about working with the developers, helping them get it right first time, ensuring any curveballs are figured out, being their link to the business and the customer. after all that... then we check it, raise bugs and retest ect.
I would say the most important thing you can do in this role, is understand the work and people enough to ask the difficult questions early and ensure information and understanding is chased down before anyone tries to build anything.
I hope this helps anyone looking at this as a career, it's a brilliant one and requires some real world skills.

[marklevy]

your video literally showed nothing . well done.

[swagnone]

Dude literally talked more about what he eats than what he actually does. Most of these people either are under NDA and can't show what they do or their job is just not that hard and they're trying to make it seem like they do more. Most people watching this are probably in my shoes - thinking about a career in IT but not looking to be a developer. I can tell you after watching idk how many videos about qa that I still have no idea what a normal day in the life of a qa is.

[greglismonjr]

I am in the process of beginning my courses to become a QA Tester. Looking forward to learning more about this field of work and eventually working in this industry. Thank you for the insight

[goxyeagle]

Strange I didn't expect these kind of skills required for qa tester. One of the reasons for entering IT was chance to work from home withe less interaction with people as regular jobs..I guess I was wrong.

[SangBrian]

Sounds so good to be true 😂. Amazing video as always! 💯

[kiralighto]

I woulf love to see real world problems in software testing. Thanks !

[aaprimeteam]

I'm the QA for our team and slowly changing from Manual Tester to Automation Tester. It's definitely a journey.

[jotjakubjot]

What the actual fuck.First piece of remotely useful information is at 2:03 and it's only one sentence that gives any insight in tester's work. This entire video could have been one sentence. Well done.

[zmoramonika]

The essential tools I would use (as QA) would be... "My laptop" is it.. really? och dear, I'm sorry for this video as of +15 years in QA

[XScapeScooterAdventure]

I love the work setup environment. thanks for sharing your video. I love my work as QA Tester as well for more than 13+ years now and love biking as well my hobby. thanks for sharing your video.

[chilldaadz]

@michaelclark09 do you have a real World roadmap as to how to become a QA tester? or anyone who can answer this question?

[samanthamarasca]

Ok, I’m in my mid 40’s and wanting to make this career change without pursuing a traditional college education. Can anyone recommend quality educational resources that can provide the proper training to break in to testing?

[jaym]

What are the main tools you use? JIRA, Testrail, SQL, Postman API?

[TheManHimself]

1:09 "Daily stand-up meetings on monday", aren't daily stand-up meetings daily? :)

[Erinspeedy]

Does anyone know how to really get an entry level role as a tester who doesn’t code. I am passionate like no other about getting into this field. Job titles may be QA tester, QA analyst, or Manual QA tester. I’m looking for real entry level where companies with provide on the job training or maybe even a paid apprenticeship. I’ve looked at some Udemy courses but I really feel I would benefit from learning on the job.

[erikaslan]

I only know how to code in Turbo Pascal. I'm currently doing a bachelor in French Literature but i'm getting bored and i feel like it won't help me. I'm not a big fan of Coding and informatics in general bit QA tester got my eye and i'm wondering if i could attend lessons in order to learn it?

[wadelkane]

What test management are you using, please?