Transitioning to Tech: Software Testing|UX design |Business Intelligence

Transitioning to Tech: Software Testing|UX design |Business Intelligence

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As a solutions engineer, my work requires me  to work with people from different teams such   as the software engineers the software testers  the BI developers and the list goes on and on   now some of my personal favorites to work with  are the ux designers the software testers and the   bi analyst which is what we would be talking about  in today's vid... and why aren't you in uniform... video sorry guys the suit had to go  and the sweatpants had to come in   haven't you heard about the heat wave in Europe?  hi guys this is Awhobiwom and welcome back to  my youtube channel if this is your first time   here you're welcome you're welcome and if  you're a returning subscriber you already   know the drill thank you so much for coming back  again to see another video so guys in this video   we're going to be having career talks on the  subject of software testing ux design and bi   which is business intelligence analysis now  let me quickly grab a seat and get into it I started a series a couple of weeks back called  career talks and I did start with uh cyber   security if you'd like to check that out the link  is up here make sure to check it out if you're   interested so I got some comments asking for some  other fields of studies some people asked me not   to stop and this is why i have this video on right  now so the first field that we'll be exploring is   the field of software testing now software testing  is a way of testing your code in order to see if   your code works the way it's intended to work for  the user so now software testing is mostly focused   on the user so let's take it for example you're  trying to log on okay so let's use google as an   example you have the login you have the username  and password and you have the login icon and of   course you have the forgot password as well  underneath it now for a user or for us for a   software developer they might create that hoping  that a user would just put their username or their   email address and their password and log in but  the role of a software tester is actually to have   the mind of a user and test that that code works  as it should work so they would try to play around   with it when i say play around i mean work but  you get what i'm saying so you try to click on   different things and assume that you're a user  and see how the software would respond so which   is what brings me to what i said that software  testing is basically making sure that your code   works or testing out your code to work in such  a way that the user like the purpose in which it   was intended to use by the user i saw this funny  clip on Instagram about software developers making   a code and users using it i would put it it's  just a quick video i saw it on tiktok i'll put it   on the screen so now this is a clear example  of what it is so as a software developer you   can decide to make a code for a particular reason  meanwhile your users who are on the receiving end   of this software would decide to use it however  deeply so it is the job of the software tester   to have the mind of a user to test out the code to  make sure that it works as it is intended to work   now a software tester a software tester should  have a problem solving mindset it should also be   empathic because like i said you're thinking about  how the user would operate a software right now in   the initial stages on the entry levels of this  particular role you do not really need to know   how to code but in order for you to get ahead it  is important that you should learn some coding   skills having coding skills elevates and makes you  grow in this particular field faster as opposed to   not getting it so of course you can get into  a software testing role at entry level without   any skill of coding but in order for you to move  past and to grow in your career you're going to   need to learn programming and types of testing  we have the units testing we have the front-end   testing we have the middleware testing and we have  the back-end testing also api testing penetration   testing these are all types of testing some tools  that are used or the most common software testing   tool is selenium now selenium is used because it  is compatible with a lot of programming languages   so this is why it is widely used so for someone  who is looking to get into software testing   you would need to learn some software testing  tools and selenium is one strong recommendation   that i would recommend for you to learn of course  there are free resources all over the internet   there are different places to learn from but today  i'm going to come to you with somewhere to learn   from that would help your learning more easier  some job titles for software testers could be   qa which is quality analyst or qa tester software  tester junior software tester now these are some   key roles that you can search into whatever job  search website you're looking for to see what like   to see how relevant these jobs are or how common  these jobs are in your location now one thing   that i always say is when you're out to change a  career path or when you're trying to transition   into a career path and you find a career that  you think might be interesting to you what you   need to do is either go on linkedin or whatever  job search websites that you would normally go on   search these jobs try to look at the requirements  per company because every company has different   requirements that they want for a particular job  search and see what is there and try to access   if you have the skill you do not really need any  technical background to get into software testing   in this day and time most technical fields do not  really need you to have a technical background   most of them not all of them do but that's why  I'm focusing on this particular career talk series   are on courses that do not really require you to  have a technical background so it's for people who   are just looking to transition into these fields  of course, you can do like the self-taught route   so you learn from youtube or any other online  resources or you can register in a boot camp or   and have like an organized learning that would  help you track your progress and all of that   which brings me to the sponsors of this video  this video is sponsored by my tech base now my   tech base is an educational tech company and they  have amazing courses in these three fields that   i'm going to discuss here today i for one know  how difficult it is to transition into a new role   where you have to learn on your own and you're  just depending on materials from different places   in the internet and there is no like structure to  that kind of learning and also you don't have any   accountability when you're learning on your  own but with my tech base they have designed   curriculum and classes for 12 weeks for you  to get into either software testing ux design   and bi analysis now the good thing about it is the  course is uh you get to attend classes three times   a week the classes are recorded so you can always  go back to replay the classes when you're done   you also have instructors that are there for you  to always contact them in case you have troubles   these courses are very practical so that's how  the curriculum has been designed in order to help   you to be able to transition smoothly to these  careers and you have experts of these three fields   having to teach you now another thing that my  tech base does is it helps you with your when   you're done with the program of course it helps  you to optimize your cv so it would help they will   help you there at my tech base to build up your cv  also your linkedin optimization will be handled by   them and they would also hold your hand for the  first one month post your completion of the course   in order to help you to prepare for interviews or  if you're interested in taking like certification   exams around these particular courses they  would also be there to answer your questions   you would have an interactive class with them  they have projects that have been designed to   help you to have like a real-life feel of what  it is like working as either a software tester   a ui ux designer or a bi analyst for software  testing the cost the cost of this is 700 euros   for ux design the cost of this cost is 500 euros  and if you are in nigeria you can also partake   you have a cheaper cost which is 150 000 naira for  business intelligence is also 500 euros if you are   in europe and 100 000 naira if you are in nigeria  the cost of these courses have been grouped   in euros and in naira so it caters to those who  are not living in uh nigeria or those who are not   living in europe so if you're living in europe  you're going to register with the europe side   with the european side and you would get the you'd  have to pay that amount well if you are in nigeria   you'd have to pay the money in naira now the good  thing about it is installmental payments are also   allowed so you don't have to pay this money at  once you just have to pay it for a certain amount   of time their website to register i'm going to  put it on the screen and also in the description   box so make sure to check it out they are also on  instagram and of course on twitter you can also   check them out now the cohorts are going to start  in august so lucky enough this is the last day of   july with software testing and ux design starting  on the 14th of august while business intelligence   would start much later on the 27th of august so  guys the first five people to register for this   course through the link that i will provide in  the description box get 10 off so what are you   waiting for be among the first five people to  click the link in the description box and get   this and i've also checked and i've seen that the  average salary to earn i'm going to be doing it   in poland and in europe generally now the the  salary range for software testing in poland   for entry level while looking at a salary start  a starting salary of 9 800 watts in monthly and   for euro on the euro scale that's in the european  market we're talking about entry-level jobs   starting from 50 000 euros per year now there is  one thing that you need to know the fact that you   are in poland or in any other country in europe  doesn't limit you to applying for jobs in only   that region the fact that your residence in one  eu country makes it a little less easier for you   to get a job in a different eu country than if  you were not in the eu at all so do not limit   your job searches to just the country that you're  in open up your linkedin profile and make sure to   apply to jobs in other fields the second field  that i'll be talking about today is the ux   design now the ux design it can be called product  design ui ux design it has different names but the   beauty about ux design is there is ui ux design  now the ui part is is just the short form of user   interface while the ux is user experience now  when you bring the user interface and the user   experience together it brings life to your  product now for a product or a service that   is being offered by a company basically what a ux  design that does is you are in charge of designing   the user experience and the user interface  basically that is what it is now when i say   user experience and user interface you know how  when you take for example a mobile application or   even a website and you just look at it's like  once you open and you see what it looks like   that's interface that's what i'm talking about  either user interface is like painting a picture   on a canvas right while the user experience which  is ux is the actual framework that's how it works   how it solves the problem that's exactly what it  is you can have a poor ui and a good ux and the   product would be great which means your interface  might not be so nice now in this generation of   everything is aesthetics everybody wants to lean  into aesthetically pleasing everybody wants to   lean into aesthetically pleasing applications or  aesthetically pleasing anything so basically if   the ux if the ui is not aesthetically pleasing  but it does the job the product can still work   but if the ux doesn't really work like it doesn't  work as it should be and you have an aesthetically   pleasing website it doesn't do the job so it's  important for you to have both balance so know   the ux i know the ui now the good thing about this  particular product design field is that you do not   need any technical background you can literally  move from any part any field and come into ux   design i know people who have learnt product  design on their own and it took them some time and   all of that but you can still do it on your own  you can learn online there are so many resources   but it's different right when you're learning with  a structure when you're learning with people who   are already in the role already so they are giving  you first-hand information they are teaching you   what they already know showing you the mistakes  that they made when they started this career some   important skills to get into ux design we have  communication skills we have presentation skills   empathy product thinking collaboration skills  now these are the skills that are required   and for tools that are used in the ux  ux design we're talking about figma   which is basically used for the design itself  and also for prototyping there's also sketch   there's also fig jam now fig jam is used for  planning so you're using this to plan and map out   your design those tools i just mentioned are  the primary tools now if we're going to be going   advanced to talk about other tools that you might  need on this journey for graphics and illustration   we will talk about the adobe photoshop and also  the adobe illustrator and there's also a part of   ux which is called ux research now it's important  for you to document your process in your design   so in order to the tool that is used to  document i think the most common one is notion   a lot of people use a lot of ux designers use  notion to document their entire process ux design   if you have to go into video production you're  going to be looking at tools like adobe after   effects and for 3d designs you're going to be  looking at blender now these tools like i said we   have the basic tools and i went into the advanced  tools the basic tools are just figma and fig jam   with these two if you learn them you are good to  go at least for an entry level position now one   important thing is you also have to find projects  to work on do not be afraid to copy people's   design and that is how you get into design in  the long run you would need like a portfolio or   a profile showcasing the works that you've done  which is why i said to learn these tools and also   get creative with designs copy other people's  designs and twerk it to look like yours when   i say copy please do not copy exactly just in  the when you're learning of course you can copy   exactly just to learn yeah uh so eventually you  would have to get a portfolio which is one thing   that when you're applying for jobs for product  design you have to apply with so you can either   have like a behance profile or you can actually  get a portfolio which can be a website of yours   but like i said in order to get into this career  path you do not need there are no prerequisites   the only prerequisites to get into this career  path an open mind hard working and be ready to   go because these things do take time the salary  range of a ux designer for an entry level position   in poland is about eight thousand zloty per month  well in europe i'm using germany as an example and   these figures are gotten these numbers were gotten  from pay scale in case you're wondering where they   are from for europe for an entry level position  we're talking about 44 000 euros there are so   many resources online for you to go on and learn  from however i am a big advocate of structured   learning we all know how difficult it is when you  buy a udemy cost and you're unable to finish it   and it's so difficult because you don't have  accountability now the last but not the least   topic for today is the business intelligence some  people would normally mix it up with ba which is   business analyst so there is BA business analyst  and there's bi business intelligence now these are   similar but quite different business intelligence  combines business analytics data mining and data   visualization to help a company also help an  organization make more data driven based decisions   now some skills that are important in this one  this one is a bit tricky just like every other   field you can come in with no technical background  but be ready to learn now some basic skills or   some skills that are required to get into bi while  talking about sql so you're going to learn some   scripting which is sql you're going to learn about  databases as well you're going to learn you're   going to have to have some data visualization  skills tableau some programming language r and   python and of course excel is also very important  these are some skill sets that you're going to   have to learn in order to get into this particular  field for business intelligence what they do is   they analyze past historical data and the  present data in order to make decisions like   data-driven decisions right while the business  analysis would look at past historical data   and present data to be able to make or predict  future results right so that is what that's the   difference so basically the bi would focus on the  what and how while the business intelligence will   focus on the why and what next now the salary  ranges I've also checked for a bi developer   in Poland for entry-level position this is eight  thousands zloty how in Europe this is 45 000 euros   per year now all these three different fields of  studies like I have mentioned of course you can   do like a self learning and all of that but it's  very important for you to check out or for you   to get enrolled in either a boot camp or to find  yourself in a structured community of people who   have similar goals or people who are trying to  who are already in the field which which is why   my tech base trainings are very important because  like i said they are very structured they have   well experienced people in these  fields who will hold your hand   and take you from beginner to intermediate  level so make sure to click the link in the   description below like I said the first five  people will get a discount if you're in Nigeria   these courses are cheaper but if you are in Europe  the courses are more expensive so make sure to   check them out i hope you enjoyed this video and  i hope you found it informative do not forget guys   it is good for you to keep an open mind and learn  and these courses are not just the only things   that you would depend on because getting into a  new field takes a lot of patience it takes a lot   of work it takes a lot of networking so get ready  buckle up and just get ready to go at the end of   the day when you finally get these jobs in these  particular fields and you're making the money   you're doing remote job traveling the world you  will not remember you o you would not remember me  so guys thank you so much for watching  this video do not forget to subscribe   do not forget to comment down below and  i'll see you guys in the next video bye

2022-08-02 01:29

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