RRU 137: From QA to Developer with Rani Zilpelwar

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English - March 31, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 67.2 MB
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Changing careers into software development is always an interesting story and Rani Zilpelwar's story is no different. In this episode, Rani, the QA developer turned software consultant, talks about how she's held almost every software role at one point or another, and how she's continuing to improve her skills now as a software consultant. The discussion includes books and websites she's found helpful to building up her knowledge, how the company she works for helped set her up for success by pairing her with a more experienced developer as a mentor when she started out, and now how / why she blogs on her own site to give back and solidify the things she's learning. Rani's deep knowledge of testing also lends itself well to her new role and she and the team discuss testing strategies and best practices from her days as a QA engineer. This is a great episode if you're looking to make your own career transition and see how other skills can apply there.

Panel

Carl Mungazi
Paige Niedringhaus
TJ VanToll

Guest

Rani Zilpelwar

Sponsors

Dev Heroes Accelerator
React Error Monitoring | Sentry

Links

Interview Cake
Grokking the System Design Interview
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards
Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards (Audible)
Code Kata
React Status
Frontend Focus
Programming Digest
How to Write Good Unit Tests | Elevate your Code
JavaScript End to End Testing Framework | cypress.io
BDD Testing & Collaboration Tools for Teams | Cucumber
WebDriverIO
Pact Tests
Percy
Elevate your Code
Linkedin: Rani Zilpelwar
Software is our craft | 8th Light
Careers | 8th Light

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Rani- Smiling Mind
TJ- Key Light | elgato