Years ago, while finishing my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, I started my internship at the biggest newspaper in Colombia. That is when I started coding for a living. Far from my dreams of using the latest technology, my first lines of code in a professional environment were written with Visual Basic 6.0 and Microsoft’s SQL Server. All our users were internal, so I could sit with them, understand their issues while using the application and give them a new version of the application with a bug fix, so they could check it and see if it was working as they expected. I didn’t know how lucky I was, having my users as friendly testers. Back then, I didn’t know testing was a thing.
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Feb 16, 2021
Aldhair made a career change due to Covid. He became a web developer by learning to code with Scrimba, an online learning platform. Before, Aldhair was working as a cleaner on cruise ships. This interview tells you how Aldhair learned to code, his tips for self-taught web developers and how he got his first job. Enjoy!
Hey, so can you introduce yourself?
Hi, I’m Aldhair Escobar, I’m from Mexico and currently living in Veracruz, MX. Currently, I’m working as a Developer for Client Solutions at Scalero, My main duty is building HTML Email Templates for clients, apart from that there are some “inside” projects where I’m using Node JS and even Electron JS to try things out. The company is based on San Francisco so it’s a remote position and I’m loving it a lot. Previously, I have worked as a Tax advisor for almost 4 years, and as a cleaner at a cruise ship.
Test Automation University, the World s Largest Free Online Testing Education Platform, Crosses 75,000 Student Mark
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Applitools, provider of the next generation test automation platform powered by Visual AI and Ultrafast Test Cloud, today announced Test Automation University (TAU) has surpassed 75,000 students. This marks the single largest free online education community for test automation in the world. Since announcing its first course in January 2019, the program s 39 renowned instructors have produced a curriculum of more than 50 courses and 12 unique learning paths.
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