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Provides 10 practical tips for aspiring software testers: Get relevant education, master English, avoid negativity, develop soft skills, consider ISTQB, learn programming/automation, engage with the community, read SE books, find mentors, and attend meetups.
Read more: How to become a software testerChallenges Michael Bolton's 20 statements on testing, arguing against the notion of testers lacking authority and advocating for integrated, empowered testers who share responsibility and credit within the team.
Read more: Arguing Micheal Bolton's 20 statements about testingOffers tips for testing job interviews beyond basic etiquette: Research your online brand, the company, and its culture. Present skills confidently but honestly, acknowledge knowledge gaps, and show a learning mindset.
Read more: How to nail testing job interviewExplores Selenium waits, highlighting issues with Thread.sleep() and implicit waits. Introduces explicit/fluent waits and showcases FluentLenium's concise await() methods for stable, readable, and efficient waits (e.g., AJAX completion).
Read more: Introducing FluentLenium 2 - Selenium waiting gameAn alternative tester's toolbox focusing on online playgrounds for practice: GUI, API, white-box, mail, SMS/call, BDD, test case writing, usability, pen testing, text comparison, plus links to Awesome resource lists.
Read more: Tester's toolbox - an alternative guide