Alan
quality assurance engineer at a multimedia and e-learning company
In general terms, what does your job entail?
- Test products.
- Work with other departments on certain projects.
- Create standards and test scripts for QA.
- Train new people.
- Help create project schedules. Work on localisation projects.
Describe the main events in a typical day
- Finish work, if any, from previous day.
- Test projects that were assigned to me on the schedule.
- Attend meetings.
- Solve any problems, issues queries that arise.
- Work with and supervise the localisation testing.
- Deal with any other business related to me.
Do you feel that you are using your talents in your job?
Yes.
After leaving school what were the major milestones in your career development?
- Achieved 1st class honours degree in (B.Sc.) Computing Science October 2002.
- Worked for 1 year in Microsoft Ireland on student placement.
- Started in Electric Paper in May 2002.
- Attended several training courses.
What do you like about your work?
I like the work environment, the people and the everyday challenges that the job presents.
Is there any aspect of your work that you not like?
Not particularly, no.
Do you have any specific advice for someone wanting to enter IT?
IT is covers a wide range of areas, subjects and presents a lot of choices. Discover as many of them and talk to as many people in the different areas as possible. If you like them all, then try and sample them all but if you only like one area, concentrate on that area. But it is true what people say "you will never know unless you try it." Then consider and choose what exactly you would like to do. It feels great to be part of an age and industry that is always improving and developing.
My role in 4 words
Challenging, enjoyable, dynamic, interesting.
In secondary school I enjoyed ...
History, Maths, French and German.
I was influenced towards to IT by...
There was no specific influence. I was always interested in computers and technology.
