How easy is it to get manual QA jobs in Bay area?

NetApp
hitech2.0

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hitech2.0
Dec 31, 2018 19 Comments

How easy is it to get manual QA jobs in Bay area?
YOE: 4
Skills: SQL, Android apps testing, Bluetooth HW device testing, Atlassian tools (confluence JIRA etc)

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  • For full time it’s extremely difficult without more extensive coding experience. I was a qa manager at Facebook and Snapchat and I have a few friends in QA roles at apple and none would hire FTE that doesn’t at least know Java or python or something to right automation in, contract roles, all the big companies have spots for manual QA! This is just my own experience, I’m sure others have different ones.
    Dec 31, 2018 2
    • NetApp
      hitech2.0

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      hitech2.0
      OP
      So it's not hard to find a contractual manual qa job in your opinion?
      Dec 31, 2018
    • Apple / Eng
      iHateFruit

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      PRE
      Apple
      iHateFruit
      For Apple, the one exception is if you worked in Retail at an Apple Store and did a Career Experience in corporate (essentially a manual QA internship).

      The people doing CE’s did not have technical backgrounds but were able to get manual QA jobs at Apple. Whatever floats their boat I guess.
      Dec 31, 2018
  • LinkedIn / Eng
    NaNaYaYa

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    NaNaYaYa
    Manual QA hiring is dead
    Dec 31, 2018 0
  • New
    EQoB57

    New

    EQoB57
    Manual QA/testing is uncommon in more modern tech hubs. At least learn some scripting/Selenium/something to have a more competitive and useful resume.
    Dec 31, 2018 0
  • Exclusively manual QA would be hard to come by. Manual with test automation is far more common.

    Exclusive manual testing is what PM’s are for.
    Dec 31, 2018 4
    • It was a joke. Good PM’s test their features before going live.
      Jan 2, 2019
    • Apple
      hfr

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      hfr
      I mean. Good PMs make sure the feature was tested and everyone can be confident in the plan to qualify it before it ships. But if that actually comes down to them doing their own manual pass to qualify the product that sounds pretty dire if that’s your group’s regular practice.

      (Bothering to use a thing before it ships and testing are different.)
      Jan 2, 2019
  • Apple
    LLRK83

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    LLRK83
    Apple
    Dec 31, 2018 0