A Story of a Veteran Manual Tester’s Learning Test Automation from a Coach: “One Question per Day”
Learning E2E Test Automation Can be Simpler than Most Think.
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Bruce, an experienced manual tester in his late 50s, crossed paths with me at a large tech company. Hearing my accomplishments in test automation, he approached the head of testing practices to learn from me. Meanwhile, I was already engaged in two projects then, which raised concerns among my managers when the testing lead relayed Bruce’s proposition. So, there were some conversations among the testing lead, my project managers and Bruce. In the end, the agreement was “Bruce can only ask Zhimin for helping one test automation problem each day”.
This is quite different from how I conduct test automation coaching, I found this idea intriguing too. Frankly, I initially perceived Bruce’s interest as more of an experimental endeavour than a serious commitment. However, this actually worked quite well. I share my experience and thoughts here, in case this might help some motivated QA engineers who are determined to learn E2E Test Automation.
