Job Openings in the Software Testing Industry
Job Openings in the Software Testing Industry The profession of software testing emerged in the early nineties when personal computers became more popular as they became more affordable. The fast-growing population of PC users created new opportunities for software companies as well as strong competition for the consumers business The new generation of software users quite naturally expected their applications to work as advertised. At the same time, market forces encouraged the fast release of new software often at the sacrifice of thorough testing. Defective software does not sell. The software industry soon recognized that, to achieve success, they would have to set quality standards prior to release and create thorough end-user testing procedures in-house. In 1992, I got my very first job as a Software QA Engineer literally by accident : an old friend introduced me to a small start-up company in Newark where he worked at the time. My job there was to identify functionality