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Starting from our Parents, Family members, Teachers, Friends, Coworkers, Communities, etc. we learn from everyone directly or indirectly, knowingly…
Starting from our Parents, Family members, Teachers, Friends, Coworkers, Communities, etc. we learn from everyone directly or indirectly, knowingly…
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Generally, the issues this week are a good reminder for testers to: * wildly permute data input and environments. * make sure risk analysis is up…
Generally, the issues this week are a good reminder for testers to: * wildly permute data input and environments. * make sure risk analysis is up…
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Everyone goes through difficult days at work or in personal life. Sharing how one survives or thrives in these moments is seldom spoken…
Everyone goes through difficult days at work or in personal life. Sharing how one survives or thrives in these moments is seldom spoken…
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Experience & Education
Licenses & Certifications
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GenAI Rush Cohort 2023
United Latino Students Association
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Generative AI for Product Managers - Mini Simulator
GoPractice, Inc
Credential ID https://gopractice.io/course/genai/certificate/lv8zyyja
Publications
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Mobile Testing: Ready Reckoner
We needed a ready reckoner - a very short book and we created it based on our readings, testing experiences, competition experiences and feedback from other testers.
Each page is designed in such a way that an idea is explained with the help of a screenshot. We have also added the learning and resources link if necessary. As a tester or a mobile enthusiast, you can open any page and apply the idea immediately.Other authorsSee publication -
UI and UX Testing: Ready Reckoner
This book is also in the ready reckoner format. A screenshot followed by explanation of the idea. Fits into pocket, go-to book before any testing competition or a quick reference when you run out of ideas.
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What If: 50+ tips to improve tester-programmer relationship
Instamojo
This book brings into picture a very important person - the programmer & the programming team. Each one of us might have the experience of working with at least one tough programmer. Some programmers are very friendly and help us with finding bugs. Some of them are very strict with their deliverables and do not respond to any queries outside office hours. Some hardly talk to you unless you ask them a question. There are different types of programmers and bring in variety to our testing…
This book brings into picture a very important person - the programmer & the programming team. Each one of us might have the experience of working with at least one tough programmer. Some programmers are very friendly and help us with finding bugs. Some of them are very strict with their deliverables and do not respond to any queries outside office hours. Some hardly talk to you unless you ask them a question. There are different types of programmers and bring in variety to our testing challenges.
With a rich experience of working with tough programmers, I write this book to help you. I am very thankful to the programmers, especially the tough ones, as they are the ones who have taught me the most important lessons I had to learn to improve in my testing career. -
What If: 50+ tips to boost your productivity
Self
This book is a small collection of tips, tricks and list of tools to help boost your productivity. This is entirely based on my experiences in software testing as well as using computer. Internet is so powerful. A simple Google search will yield you so many search results. Google for “Screen Capture Tools” and you will find a minimum of ten tools in the first page itself. Which one do you choose? Do you have the time to try each one of them? What about Windows command prompts? There seems to be…
This book is a small collection of tips, tricks and list of tools to help boost your productivity. This is entirely based on my experiences in software testing as well as using computer. Internet is so powerful. A simple Google search will yield you so many search results. Google for “Screen Capture Tools” and you will find a minimum of ten tools in the first page itself. Which one do you choose? Do you have the time to try each one of them? What about Windows command prompts? There seems to be more than fifty commands. Which one is useful for us, especially for a software tester?
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What If: 50+ tips to win testing contests
Self
This book is a collection of tips which might help any tester competing in a testing contest. Testers are under tremendous time pressure and the competition is tough. Skilled testers have a better chance of winning the contests. After participating in a number of testing contests, I realized that it is easy to win any contest if you dedicate some time and demonstrate the right skills. In this book, I have tried to highlight few points which will improve your chances of winning the testing…
This book is a collection of tips which might help any tester competing in a testing contest. Testers are under tremendous time pressure and the competition is tough. Skilled testers have a better chance of winning the contests. After participating in a number of testing contests, I realized that it is easy to win any contest if you dedicate some time and demonstrate the right skills. In this book, I have tried to highlight few points which will improve your chances of winning the testing contest.
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What If...
Self
A collection of tips on software testing. As you read these words, I have completed five official years of testing software. When I logged my first bug, I thought – ‘What if’ this bug was found after release? Years passed, many products were released, and I gained a lot of varied experiences.
I made a few embarrassing mistakes too. There were few instances where I wished that someone had warned me beforehand. So, I started preparing a book of tips targeted at software testers. Special…A collection of tips on software testing. As you read these words, I have completed five official years of testing software. When I logged my first bug, I thought – ‘What if’ this bug was found after release? Years passed, many products were released, and I gained a lot of varied experiences.
I made a few embarrassing mistakes too. There were few instances where I wished that someone had warned me beforehand. So, I started preparing a book of tips targeted at software testers. Special care has been taken to keep each of the 22 chapters short and to the point. Emphasis is on ready-to-use tips which would give you instant results. I do believe that there is no single best practice which would suit every context. Being a student of context driven testing community, I agree that there are good practices in context, but there are no best practices. This book is heavily influenced by my experiences with industry experts, reading books, testing software, talking to customers, end-users, support team, testers, programmers and their managers. -
I'm Your New Project Manager
Testing Experience Magazine - Issue 09
This article describes how the authors have applied the learnings
from different schools of testing to a testing problem in their dayto-
day testing activities. They emphasize the fact that there is no
ONE school of testing which suits all the contexts. The authors
take you through a journey of a manager helping the team solve
their testing issues.
Courses
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Accessibility Features of iOS for the iPad and iPhone online course (Udemy)
UC-HN61UNP2
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Accessibility Features on Android (Udemy)
UC-AY5ZWT1M
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BBST Bug Advocacy
By AST
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BBST Foundations
By AST
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BBST Instructors Course
By AST
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BBST Test Design
By AST
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CP-MAT (Certified Professional - Master Agile Testing)
Agile Testing Alliance
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Communicating in Color for UI Design and User Experience
By Niyam Bhushan
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Introduction to Web and eCommerce User eXperience Design online course (Udemy)
UC-JBRG9KI8
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Learn Git
bitCoder98342
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Learn SQL
bitCoder98342
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Learn the Command Line by Code Academy
bitCoder98342
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Power Searching with Google
By Google
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Problem Solving Leadership
Jerry, Esther Derby
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Rapid Testing Intensive 1, Orcas Island, USA
By James & Jon Bach
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Two Day Masterclass on Hypothesis Based Testing (HBT)
By T. Ashok
Honors & Awards
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Test Automation Contest Runner-up (Team Tyto Software)
STePINSUMMIT
Out of 32 teams that participated in the Test Automation Contest conducted by STeP-IN Forum at STePINSUMMIT 2016, Team Tyto was the runner-up out of the 8 finalists.
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Community Choice Speaker Award at QAI STC 2015
QAI STC
For the keynote titled: "Software Tester's Role in Conscious Quality Delivery" http://qaistc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Ajay-Balamurugadas.ppt
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Self Initiative and Ideation Award
MaaS360 by Fiberlink, an IBM Company
As part of half yearly awards distribution.
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Best Speaker Award - Runner Up
STeP-In Forum
For the finale talk - "Exploratory Testing - Monkey or Adhoc Testing, Right?"
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MGR Spirit Award - Team Award
Fiberlink Software Pvt. Ltd
A guide to explain the why, what and how of MaaS360 feature.
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Peer Recognition Award
Fiberlink Software Pvt. Ltd
As part of half yearly awards distribution.
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Self Initiative and Ideation Award
Fiberlink Software Pvt. Ltd
As part of half yearly awards distribution.
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Best Speaker Award
STeP-IN Forum
For my tutorial: "Mind maps: A powerful tool to aid testing thought process"
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MGR Spirit Award - Team award
Fiberlink Communications
We were awarded the 'MGR Spirit Award' for the 'Testers Handbook'.
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Winners
Zappers Contest
Team award. We won the Best Team award at Zappers contest, Bangalore.
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