Tech Career Talk

Quality Engineer and Selenium expert, Ashok Tulachan, shares with us what a Quality Engineer does. He talks about the skills and tools we need to work in this role. Connect with Ashok on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashok-tulachan/ or his website http://www.seleniumguru.com/

This episode is a special announcement for our Agile Online Summit Book Club. We are going to start this out for December.  The book club will read through agile books and discuss them in our Slack group. It is FREE to join so you can't say no! Head over to https://www.agileonlinesummit.com/2019/p/tickets and get your ticket. Then grab the book and start reading along with everyone.

In this video, Adam Viet shares 5 tips for a tech job search.

1. Always be expanding your skillset

2. Utilize a recruiting service

3. Always tailor your resume to the job

4. Reverse engineer your job search

5. Always look to expand your network

In this episode, Tim Gifford discusses being a Technical Team Coach. Working for Lean Techniques he helps the team learn and develop. Tim encourages cooperation and collaboration with Test-Driven Development and Coding Dojos. Connect with Tim on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timgifford/ or check out Lean Techniques: https://leantechniques.com/

In this episode, we discuss working in DevOps with Sriram Puligadda. He shares with us all the different skills and challenges DevOps professionals face. From cloud technologies, containerization and much more. Sriram helps us understand what it takes to work in DevOps. Connect with Sriram on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/spuligadda/

In this episode, we learn the basics of Behavior Driven Development from Richard Lawerence. He shares what it means and how we can use it. This is a sample of some of the great content we have from the Agile Online Summit! If you want more become a VIP https://gum.co/aosvip 

Also, check out Richard Lawerence's book here: bddwithcucumber.com

In this episode, Mike Stanfel from Global Tech Services shares how using a good technical recruiter can be valuable. He explains how to find a good recruiter too.

In this episode, we talk about Eliyahu Goldratt's classic book The Goal: A Process of ongoing improvement. We discuss some key topics such as optimizing the whole system, removing waste, and the Theory of Constraints.

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Let's talk about Agile Working Agreements. What should you have in yours and when you should use it. 

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In this episode, Dusty Juhl shares with us his experience as a Quality Assurance professional. He also discusses his own business and the Des Moines Area Quality Assurance  Association. 

Trestle Trail Technology:  https://trestletrailtech.com/

His personal site: https://dustyjuhl.com/

DAQAA: https://www.daqaa.com/