29 September, 2009

Interviews and Jobs

Why would you move out of your job? Why would anyone move out of his/her current job? I bet, its not just MONEY all the time. Each one of us wants to be rich, but that does not mean that we would be spending 8-10 hours/day at work just for money without enjoying what we do, without growing in the area of our liking and expertise, without learning new stuff for self improvement etc. All said and done, we still look out for our dream job each time and after we do land up in one such dream job, we finally end up thinking this is not THE JOB FOR ME.

Coming to the point. Pradeep Soundararajan is writing a book on ‘Interviews and Jobs'. Would you be interested? Why would you not be interested? If you still plan to attend interviews in each of your dream companies and figure out what works in each company and how to get a job there, then nobody is gonna stop you. But do you have the time that it demands? If you don’t, then how about this? Interviews and Jobs. On the website, you will get to see and read cool stuff that might land you in your dream job or atleast give a big nudge towards finding one. Check out the website and provide your feedback. Do read the Teaser of the book. If you want to know more, Check HERE.

It’s Better to Try and Fail Than to Have Never Tried At All.

Happy Reading,
Parimala Shankaraiah
http://curioustester.blogspot.com

7 comments:

  1. Pari,

    As we testers all know, our trade is somewhat repetitive. And if your company addresses only to their own software and support there is not much you can do by staying at the same place :)

    About Pradeep's book, had a look at the site and the teaser.. As always, that's awesome :) Eagerly waiting for the print edition :)

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  2. I have found that the best way to gain new experience is to change jobs. I don't think there's one dream job; rather, I think there is experience to be gained in every situation. I've been in this business for 20 years now and have worked for 7 companies. Some have been difficult places to work and others I've enjoyed very much, but I've learned valuable things from them all.

    I don't look to change jobs just for the fun of it -- it's stressful! But when I think I have done everything I can reasonably do at a company to gain experience, I start working my network to see what might be available at other companies.

    I have taken less money to go to a company that offers new experiences for me.

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  3. @Nandagopal
    As we testers all know, our trade is somewhat repetitive.


    Why do you think it is repetitive? can you list down a few reasons?


    Happy Testing,
    Parimala Shankaraiah
    http://curioustester.blogspot.com

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  4. @Jimgrey
    I have found that the best way to gain new experience is to change jobs. I don't think there's one dream job; rather, I think there is experience to be gained in every situation.


    Frequent job hoppers do have a varied experience that can mostly become a survival technique in most situations. As long as you can justify your job shifts to your future employer, it is fine. In most organizations, HR team is averse to considering frequent job hoppers. There are pros and cons to it.

    I have taken less money to go to a company that offers new experiences for me.

    I have seen this happening to me as well. I was too keen to take up the job for the challenges it offered and I was paid less. Nevertheless, that job experience has been one of my best learning experiences.

    Regards,
    Parimala Shankaraiah
    http://curioustester.blogspot.com

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  5. I guess one of the impending reasons for me to change a job is if I am not learning anything new in my current job. If the work being offered to me is not offering any new challenges.
    If I spend 8 hours of my day at some place, it should something I enjoy doing and look forward to each morning. Fortunately for me, three years in my current organization, I have been able to achieve my goals by being at the same company albiet different teams.
    Thanks for your post and making me think.

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  6. @ Pari,
    Why do you think it is repetitive? can you list down a few reasons?
    I have given the reason in the next sentence itself - when your co addresses/supports only to their own products - that means there are no new feature additions, just the same app always and you will get to test something only when a customer reports that something is broken! :) Some of my friends are trapped in this scenario..

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  7. @Nandagopal

    Ah! You are talking about projects/products in Sustenance. It does get repititive here for sure. A good way is to go for automation if it makes sense automating such repetitive stuff. Again, its not a good idea to automate anything and everything. 100 % automation is heights of stupidity.

    Happy Testing
    Parimala Shankaraiah
    http://curioustester.blogspot.com

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