ISTQB

>>57977883
What are the minimum skills to have a chance for an entry software testing job? Do these jobs suffer from ageism like the rest of tech related jobs?

As far as I have seen it get's preety saturated so it's kind of a last call to jump in. Many entry level job offers in my region require this ISTQB certificate and basic knowlege of one programing language ie. python and that I got covered. I heard You can take an exam for ISTQB without courses so I am interested in selflearnig for now. Later usualy Your employer sends You to courses.

>>57977883
probably smart to know programming to do testing. How else are you going to make automatic test inputs and that sort of thing?

To anyone who is working in software testing, what are the most important skills on the job day-to-day? How does the average work day look like, are the tasks much boring and repetitive or is there some variety? Are the tasks very absorbing requiring much attention most of the time. or can you do some other stuff while the tests are running?

>>57979112
like i said, i know some python + i understand that there are some dedicated testing enviroments like Selenium

>>57979260
i heard that it is a very fast and time consuming work but im ok with that since it makes your work hours fly faster

>>57979260
My father worked as a software systems tester for Cap Gemini (he is retired now).

I tried learning what that entailed, but looked complicated as fuck even for someone like me. I would not know where to start learning about that.

>>57979338
>Cap Gemini
Was he a manager? Where I live the average age in corporate environments is around 27, so past 30 you're old, and past 35 there's basically only management.

>>57979379
Maybe middle management. He was some sort of specialist.