24. Where Does Software Test Fit? Dev Engineer Test Engineer Software Failure Software Fault Software Computing: Computer Sciences, incl Hardware
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32. Occupational Data Relative # of jobs across different professions Estimated # of jobs (2006-2007) Accountants 1,300,000 Carpenters 1,500,000 CS Teachers 44,000 Insurance Agents 436,000 Programmers 435,000 Software QA ** 349,000
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Content edits and customization by TomWilk – for the Certificate Info Sessions (2010)
From Seattle Times, 3/25/09 Link = http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/2009/03/25/qa_microsoft_chief_strategist_craig_mundie_on_glob.html March 25, 2009 6:26 PM Q&A: Microsoft chief strategist Craig Mundie on global competition, government IT Craig Mundie, Microsoft chief research and strategy officer, said Americans seeking to update their technology skills should look to the nation's community colleges for training. Excerpt from comment about Community Colleges: " Many people…who want to be prepared to work in the technical community are finding that the community colleges…have become the training ground for IT professionals ."
Classification has been done in accordance with the classic undergraduate class model and the description of each level is listed below. 100 level: Is an introduction to the topic or overview; assumes little or no expertise with the topic being covered. 200 level: Assumes 100-level knowledge and a fairly complete understanding of the features. The 200-level course may cover a breadth of common scenarios or explain how to use more advanced features. 300 level: Assumes 200-level knowledge and an in-depth understanding of product features in a real-world environment. 400 level: Assumes the deepest level of technical knowledge we expect a student to have.
See James Whittaker article: The Art, Craft, and Discipline of Software Test
See James Whittaker article: The Art, Craft, and Discipline of Software Test
See James Whittaker article: The Art, Craft, and Discipline of Software Test
** this is still just a rough estimate… as highly-reference-able data is hard to find…
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics research on the web – mostly 2006 data ** Software QA is very rough
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics research on the web – mostly 2006 data ** Software QA is very rough
Source: MSFT Careers Center search (Internal) External site generally has less positions posted. ** Software QA is very rough