If You Can Whisk, You Can Code
summary
Career shift from manual QA to automation to full Ruby on Rails development with hands on work in machine learning proof of concepts, starting by finding a critical quiz back‑button bug and automating a complex order management system that allowed future‑dated orders. Learns automation with Selenium, then reads Rails Guides and attends Rails Girls, begins fixing bugs, writing RSpec and proposing a replacement for an expensive dependency that combines tools B and C and delivers 85% cost savings, a change that is implemented and works.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 3:48First day struggles as intern
- 8:58Transition to automation testing
- 11:18Learning Ruby and overcoming doubts
- 14:30Contributing to codebase and gaining confidence
- 16:40Becoming a full-time Ruby developer
- 17:41Key takeaways and inspiration
- 19:14Q&A session
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