Tel me about yourself story - January 12, 2023

[Tetiana_Myronets]

Hello! My name is Tetiana. I’m from Ukraine

Education: Master’s degree in Geoinformation System and Technologies

Work experience: 10 years – Land Development Engineer, last 3 years – QA Engineer

Why did the career change? - I was looking for further development and new challenges. And I did it). In the future, I plan to work in the American market

Why QA? - I like exploring new things and improving the world around me

How do you see yourself 5 years from now? - In 5 years, I plan to become an experienced local QA engineer at a great company. I would like someone who makes a difference.

[Viktoryia]

Hi everyone. My name is Viktoryia. I was born in Minsk, Belarus.
My whole family loves to travel; therefore, we tried to win a green card, and we were successful! We moved to the USA in 2012.
I have a bachelor's degree in enterprise management, but I have never worked in the US utilizing my major.
At the moment, I work at TJMaxx as a coordinator, but I am ready to change my life.
I worked in Belarus as a tech-support in a big company.
I enjoy working with technology, and I like to study and test new information.
In 5 years from now, I see myself having a lot of new experience and knowledge in QA testing.
I hope I can work from Hawaii, and it won't matter where my job will be located.

[Pavel Khalilov]

- Name: Pavel Khalilov
- Education: University degree, Siberian State Technological University, Engineer Specializing in Automation of Technological Processes
- Work experience: 6 years of work in Sberbank in acquiring, last 3 years in internet acquiring where i worked with Payment Gateway`s API
- Why career change?: At work i tested API a lot and i think QA very close to my experience
- Why QA?:At work i tested API a lot and i think QA very close to my experience
- How do you see yourself in 5 years from now?: QA tester with automation

[DinaraMiller]

Good evening!
My name is Dinara and I am from Kazakhstan
I have the Bachelor's degree in International Economic Relations (Banking) and Master's degree in Psychology
I worked for 15 years in the Kazakh National Telecommunication Company "Kazakhtelecom" at the Marketing and Analytical Department, then I worked with the kids with Autism as a Behavior therapist for 1 year and then I worked at the Chase and Bank of America as a banker. Currently I am working at the Chase bank at the call center as a Fraud specialist
Since I became as a single mom and a widow I need more flexible job with higher paycheck and also since I like to analyze I just realized that the QA job will perfectly will be great in supplementing my experience
In 5 years I see myself as working at the huge company as for example Tesla and traveling and at the same time able to work. I see myself very successful in all field

[aniel]

My name is Anna, manager by education (got my masters from a top school in St. Petersburg in Russia), photographer and entrepreneur by trade. My meticulous approach to everything, attention to details and hard working nature, prompted my software developer friends to push me to change my career to software testing. At first I was sceptical, but after a few YouTube videos I realized that's really the world I would love to spend my life in. I want to learn from the best, hence my choice of Portnov School. Super excited to be here and hope this will be a start of a long lasting career

[Alex Malkov]

Hello, my name is Alex. I took general classes in college for a couple of years, but then I quit because it was getting too expensive plus I didn't really know what major to go with. Now I work in the construction field, which I am not a big fan of. That is probably the main reason for a career change. I chose QA because I know some people who work in IT and they really like it. They have more freedom and the ability to work from home too., Seems like QA is a popular topic online nowadays, so I guess it helped me to choose this profession as well. I will do my best to become a good professional QA tester, and hopefully, by the five-year mark, I will achieve success.

[Grigori1]

- Hello, I'm Grigori, originally from Estonia, now I live in Finland. I have not completed secondary education, I have not completed a construction technical school by profession: a welder, a fitter, a plumber.
- In Estonia, I worked for 1 year in a security company (customer service), about 4 years in roof construction, about 9 years in plumbing work.
For the last 7 and a half years I have been living and working in Finland (in the field of customer service). Here I work 1 year 3 months in a charter taxi (transportation of schoolchildren, disabled people), 1 year 3 months in a taxi for the disabled and after almost 5 years and to this day I work as a city bus driver in the capital region of Finland in a large international Scandinavian company.
Since mid-2015, I am a blogger on YouTube.
- I decided to change my profession, because I don’t see where to grow further in my current profession and I want to try myself in QA. I want to learn an interesting and serious profession where you have to work with your head.
- In 5 years I would like to work in automated testing, maybe even in California.

[Marina K.]

My name is Marina. I am 31 year. My education: economist: tax specialist. Now I live in California. I have experience as an economist. My job was to check and draw up work schedules, time sheets, and establish various kinds of allowances for the work of employees. work in various programs (local, developed directly for the enterprise) in terms of accounting for employees' working time and payroll.

I want to get a job in IT, and QA will help me with this.

I see yourself in 5 years from now a programmer in Google, or what will be in the top in 5 years from now)

[matveigolovanov]

Tell me about yourself
Hi, my name is Matvei Golovanov, 24 yo, psychology degree, UrFU, one of the best universities in the world
I worked as a journalist in a RusNews agency from 2021 to 2022, before that I worked as a seller in a family company Uralspecuniform, selling special uniforms, and boots from our factory to a big companies
After the war started I received brutal pressure from the government and was forced to leave my own country
QA is a future, in this sphere will be a lot of progress and a lot of opportunities, I want to be in that movement in a first place
Really advanced Black, grey and white box specialist, who works with complicated and perspective projects

[cynthiavrue]

Hello, my name is Cynthia.

I’m originally from the north of Mexico, I have a bachelor’s in communication sciences, and I worked as a journalist for several years. I also worked in two different political campaigns and became the Mass Media Director for the local government back in my city.
I moved to the United States in 2011 and obtained a certification in Legal, Medical and Community Interpreting by Boston University. I have been working as a national certified Medical Interpreter since 2013 in various hospitals, community events, public schools, and private companies, but most recently decided it is time for a professional change.
I believe technology is in constant growth and QA testing might be my chance to get involved in this industry. I see myself working in this field for many years to come.

[Svitlana37]

My name is Svitlana, I am originally from Ukraine. In 2008 I graduated from Kyiv Medical University as a dentist and had a successful practice until 2015. In 2015, I moved to Taiwan where my husband got a job. In Taiwan, I studied Chinese language and do a volunteer job. After the end of my husband's contract, we moved to Canada just a few months before the COVID pandemic.
Since my dentist diploma is irrelevant in Canada, I started to think what I will be doing when businesses back to normal. Life itself gave me a clue. The city where I live is home for many IT companies. Besides, I was always curious about innovations and how technologies come to our life and make it easier. I started to study the job market and learned about QA engineering job that requires skills that resonate with my character, namely, attention to details, accuracy, and concentration. So, I found an online school with good references, finished it, and got a diploma of tester.
In 5 years, I see myself as a professional that accomplished a variety of interesting projects. I would have hands-on experience with multiple testing tools. All of these will allow me efficiently to meet any challenge and make me a valuable asset for the company. The title of the position wouldn't matter, as soon as I will be enjoying my work and the team I work with.

[Knadia]

Hello my Name is Nadia. I have a bachelor's degree in Business and I started and masters degree in Data Analytics. Most of my career, I worked with customers in the financial field, travel industry and in medical office settings. My roles included account manager, customer relations, office manager and executive assistance. in all of these roles I have to work with different software systems such as sales force and I often faced major bugs in the way that were delaying productivity. Since I am computer savvy, I was always asked to figure out what causes the issues and report in as a bug to the IT team. This is where my curiosity for QA grew and I decided that this is where my passion is at and I want to learn a more about it and specialize in QA. In 5 years I see myself completing my master degree and becoming a senior data QA analyst specialized in test automation.

[AnatoliiMB]

My name is Anatolii. I'm 20 years old. Came to USA 5 years ago with family from Ukraine.
1. I have high school diploma.
2. Working with semi trucks.
3. I decided to change my career because I learned about this profession from friends and I became interested in it. I have never done something like this, I want to try myself in something new.
4. Because I think it's very interesting and promising. You can work from anywhere in the world, which will give you the opportunity to travel. Make more time for the family.
5. I would like to finish school and start working in this profession, develop further in this area, I want to start a family, travel the world.

[Khrystyna Shtokalo]

Hi!My name is Khrystyna.I have bachelor degree in English from Lviv’s Franko University.I have 3 years of experience being a teacher.

I migrated to USA few months ago ,I did research about changing profession and Software Testing is something worth exploring for me.I enrolled into Portnov QA Training and every day it gives me more confidence I made a right choice.

QA looks like a launching pad for me,where I will always be able to grow and improve myself.

In 5 years I’m going to become experienced tester enjoying my job.

[Evgenii Nazarenko]

I graduated from an institute in Russia with a profession "Automated Systems Engineer"
I worked 15 years in technical support and system administration
I want to develop in a different direction
I want to learn QA because I often have to look for bugs in life)
In 5 years, I see myself as a Software QA Team Lead