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I'm thinking about becoming a QA manager. Who and what do I need to read?
I'm currently a very successful information security manager. I'm looking to broaden my skills to include product delivery experience as a final step before pushing to a director role.
Who are the thought leaders? What are the key things I need to know? If you are a practitioners, what would you be worried about from a technical perspective with a new manager that has a background in penetration testing and application security?
I've got the people skills down based on my current employee engagement scores. Help me nail the technical part of the interview.
I'm currently a very successful information security manager. I'm looking to broaden my skills to include product delivery experience as a final step before pushing to a director role.
Who are the thought leaders? What are the key things I need to know? If you are a practitioners, what would you be worried about from a technical perspective with a new manager that has a background in penetration testing and application security?
I've got the people skills down based on my current employee engagement scores. Help me nail the technical part of the interview.
QA Manager here. I don't feel there is enough information to answer the question -- different orgs have pretty different expectations of their QA team and QA managers. Personally I would not feel comfortable with hiring a QA Manager into my org who had no experience working as a QA Engineer, QA Engineering Manager, or Software Engineering Manager.
So, YMMV, but I would strongly encourage you to consider a move into product security rather than QA -- your skillset would be a lot more relevant and you'd still get the exposure to shipping product that you're interested in. ProdSec, at least where I work, is basically like a QA team that specializes exclusively in security. Also as a bonus it's a sexier job and possibly one with a better long-term career outlook.
posted by phoenixy at 10:29 PM on April 27, 2018
So, YMMV, but I would strongly encourage you to consider a move into product security rather than QA -- your skillset would be a lot more relevant and you'd still get the exposure to shipping product that you're interested in. ProdSec, at least where I work, is basically like a QA team that specializes exclusively in security. Also as a bonus it's a sexier job and possibly one with a better long-term career outlook.
posted by phoenixy at 10:29 PM on April 27, 2018
Try reading "Perfect Software and Other Illusions", Myers' "The Art of Software Testing" (basic practice of testing), "Lessons Learned in Software Testing", and for some gentle snark, Alan Richardson's "Evil Tester" agony aunt column (or book of collected letters).
For thought leaders: Angie Jones (automation-focused). Maaret Pyhäjärvi. James Bach (often butting heads with Maaret). Michael Bolton (not the one you're thinking of). The Ministry of Test crew (Rosie Sherry, Richard Bradshaw, et al.). Huib Schoots. Gojko Adzic. Katrina Clokie.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 5:16 AM on April 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
For thought leaders: Angie Jones (automation-focused). Maaret Pyhäjärvi. James Bach (often butting heads with Maaret). Michael Bolton (not the one you're thinking of). The Ministry of Test crew (Rosie Sherry, Richard Bradshaw, et al.). Huib Schoots. Gojko Adzic. Katrina Clokie.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 5:16 AM on April 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
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