How Did You Become a Software QA Engineer Without A CS Degree? #CodingQuestions ep.1 HD

How Did You Become a Software QA Engineer Without A CS Degree? ★ How to Build a Software Company Playlist ★ ↪ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ6shAyi_8epenwmAFz3r6iHAHWTNEDMo ★ The Journey to Wealth Playlist ★ ↪ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ6shAyi_8er-hkWtAkZz0Sr5urf7QRXW ★ #AskSpencer Playlist ★ ↪ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ6shAyi_8epWjOApQtc2tZg0LFunUZnq ★ Coding Questions Playlist ★ ↪ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ6shAyi_8eoH0XQFN7m8tYNy-zTYtNeM If you’d to connect with me, add me on the following.. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spencer.cornelia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencercornelia Medium: https://www.medium.com/@spencercornelia Step 1: Sign Up for General Assembly I decided to participate in General Assembly’s Web Development Immersive program, which is a 12 week intensive bootcamp aimed at taking students from 0 to a full-stack web developer in 12 weeks. For anyone wanting to enter this industry in the most efficient way possible, participating in a coding bootcamp is probably the best way. In 12 weeks, you will have a solid understanding of the principles of how to program. The 12 week bootcamp model is certainly flawed, but they put a lot of students into jobs within this industry. Step 2: Enter the industry I may not have become a full-stack web developer following graduation, but I was able to enter the industry as a Software QA Analyst. If you’re thinking about entering this industry, joining a company in an entry level position is not a bad route to take. The first hand experience of learning about the Software Development Life Cycle, understanding how to work with popular tools in a production environment, participating in agile scrum, and being a team member of a software development team provides an opportunity to rapidly learn how software gets built in a professional environment. I’ve been able to learn a lot at my current job and have realized how perfect of a role it is for me. Because I struggled learning how to program initially, taking the long route has been a good decision. Step 3: Enroll in Open Source MOOC’s Stanford provides amazing resources for learning how to program. One of their MOOC’s, offered for free, is cs106a focusing on java. I was scared of java entering the program. It was scary to me. The instructor is amazing, structures the lectures and course in a way that allows the student to really understand programming on a deeper level. The course consists of ~30 lectures of ~60 minutes each. I was able to complete the course in ~45 days, attempting to do one lecture per day, with a couple of days allotted for the projects. Building projects may be the most important aspect of the class as it allows the student to immediately apply what they have learned. The application of the learnings was enough to allow me to begin on a side project. The side project was a web scraping app for sports gambling. Since I was able to then build out a