hello friends,
i am a science graduate with basics of management(i did not finish my MBA- did only I year) and with knowledge of computers and little hardware. I had worked before marriage in a MNC. Its a long gap of 7 years now. i would like to take up a job now or in near future. i have two kids and i understand from the above that QA testing is less stressful. pls. share some knowledge base on this. what kind of training is required? how long is the training?
your sincere guidance is much appreciated.
thanks
dblakshmi

Can anyone suggest a good training center for QA in San Francisco bay area???

donot worry if you donot have the strong skills like analytical,domain etc..etc..as one of the user has said. you need to know nothing,just a couple of months training and some communication skill to say you know everything and you will get a job.trust me , its not that difficult at all. good luck

Thanks to all my friends for their participation, information shared here will be very helpful to many users.

Hai All,
I'm working as a senior developer in Detroit,MI. I would like to tell that QA is one of the lightest(less stress) career we could do.
I would recommend QA to be ladies career once they have kids.

People from Non-IT background can also enter into QA world. It's quite simple.
In my team we have QA peole with diff. backgrounds like military, navy, non-IT engineers.

All the best to all fiends!!

Does anyone have experience studying this in a particular centre in detroit...Is it worth studying this in centres or can we study & make it by ourselves..
I know that there r lots of centre listing in websites like miindia & sulekha...but getting to know your personal experience with a particular centre will be much worth...so if anyone does have it, pls share ur experience..

-deepa Venkat.,

Hi Ramya,

I'm a developer in IT and want to change to testing side as i have a kid
If u know any institutues in CA to teach testing please let me know

Thanks

Mullai,
Usually people from non IT background get into testing since this does not require IT backgorund. There are many institutes which offer training and place consultants as well.
Refer sulekha, MIINDIA, Dice, monster for training/job oppurtunities. Hope this helps.

QA Testing has 2 broad categories - Automation Testing, Manual Testing. Automation testing requires programming knowledge whereas manual testing does require only the basic computer knowledge.  In general, QA tester has the following skills 

- Analytical skills

- Strong attitude in finding bugs/defects

- Knowledge of programming concepts (OOPS, DB etc - added advantage as it helps to recognize programming defects, perform automation testing)

- Domain (means banking, finance, healthcare, Data warehousing, Life science, Insurance etc)

I'm a QA tester with IT background. I started as an entry level tester. I have many colleagues from non-IT background also who are much experienced. Pressure is less in testing field when compared to development which is better for the ladies. Anyone can learn software testing and a person from non-IT background can start up as a manual tester.

 All the best! Thanks to Mullai for posting this topic!

Regards,

Ramya

Anyone can take the QA training Mullai, education background need not be something related to computers/engineering. Its pretty easy compared to studying networking courses like CCNA, or development like java etc.. But ,everything depends on the teacher, who should be very encouraging rather than pushing the students to finish the course soon ,so that they can be placed in some job..