Ummm... Errrr... Hmmmm

My first two weeks as a senior test analyst after a year of being a total idle... My brain is like... ummmm... hmmmm... Hahaha! I almost forgot how to work, really work...

I have minimal testing tasks as of now since I don't have a project yet, but the challenging part is that I am working with juniors and mid-levels who need guidance in testing. The first test challenge I faced this week (I stayed until 9pm yesterday in the office just because I need to help out construct an email to be sent to the analysts and developers) is hmmmmm... how to test connectivity (xml transmission, read, response, db, etc) to a third party application without an API! Wow, the tools that I have learned how to use previously are useless. Yes, I do have connectivity test experience since I worked in Escience (2005) but always with an API to process my http requests, so, I got a really big headache when I read the specifications of that project and when they seek my help on how to test the system. There is no technical design too so we have to get all the information from dev at our own... Talk about writing an email as long as a novel! Hehehe... Need to get error codes from all failure points and we need to crack our brains out thinking how to test each failure point... Hmmmm.. challenging, really... Thanks to our bff Google, always saves the day :) I am learning new technologies and test techniques again :)

Most of them have no experience with backend testing since most of them are fresh graduates. And after working at ADB where crab mentality is a fad, it is so nice to be heard once again. I mean, they take my words like gold or something. I have a chance to work with Citrix again. I thought I forgot all those things already and I was amazed that all of them are still in my head :) I just hope I could get the access to these systems, which I don't have yet since I am not yet an official member of the project. But still, it is nice to be part of such an energetic team!

It feels good to guide them... I mean, I feel happy that I can impart my knowledge once again and teach them how testing should be done :)

Now, I am back home and resuming my FB tasks hahaha! Hopefully, I could get a broadband connection and a new laptop (I just bought a pink sony vaio!) next week! Hmmmm... I am excited. Nice to break the monotony :)