The document discusses careers in software testing and provides an overview of typical career paths that software testers can take as they gain experience and take on greater responsibilities, either through management roles or by specializing in technical testing areas like performance, security, or automation testing. It also includes a case study showing 76 open testing positions at Microsoft and information about a Meetup event for testers in the Twin Cities area.

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2. Promoting software quality at:
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Senior Manager Software Quality at:
Bentley Systems Pakistan
Majd Uddin
MS (CS), BE (Mech)
Interest in quality since 1996
Hi from grey hairs

3. Associate
Engineer
I/II
Senior
Engineer
Team Lead
Manager
Manager
Director
Vice
President
CEO
Senior
Engineer
Distinguished
/ Advisory
CTO

5. Or start your own
company and you’ll be
CEO on the first day
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But what about Software Testing

7. • Management path remains the same.
Testers can take up bigger responsibility
as they move up.
• Technical path results in specialized
testers like:
• Performance Tester
• Security / Pen Tester
• Automation Engineer
• …

8. CASE STUDY: Microsoft

9. http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/university-apply-technical.aspx#US,UG,FT,415

10. There were 76 open positions in
Microsoft for Testing (Engineering)
family.
Searched on careers.Microsoft.com
on May 10th, 2015.
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11. Twin Cities Testers Meetup (TCTM) held in February 2015. ~60 Testers attended

12. ALL THE BEST!
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@majduddin
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