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Getting paid for becoming certified?

No decision has been made so far. I actually thought about getting the book (the latest edition for Germany should be out this month) and take the exam. As I saw that EuroSTAR has some talks on the…

Tagged: ISTQB, Sponsoring, Certification

Replied May 16

Getting paid for becoming certified?

Fair point. Since my company wants to go more into the area of creating its own products it makes sense to build up knowledge in testing. Since I'm the only person who has spent some more time in a S…

Tagged: ISTQB, Sponsoring, Certification

Replied May 11

Getting paid for becoming certified?
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The question of becoming certified or not has only had one answer for me so far: No. Mostly due to the fact that I'm a developer without a high probability of going back to test. So I didn't want to…

Tagged: ISTQB, Sponsoring, Certification

Started this discussion. Last reply by Anna Baik May 16.

Who should teach software testing?

I would like to thank all of you for the replies and the advice they convey. I'm packed with work and moving back to Germany in the next few weeks but I think after the positive (am I reasoning here?…

Tagged: university, stundents, presentation, talk

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Anna Baik replied to Markus Deibel's discussion 'Getting paid for becoming certified?'

Oooh, EuroSTAR vs test certification course. I wish I had that choice. Did you notice Ajay also has a session about Weekend Testing? Best of luck with your decision. :)

May 16

Anna Baik replied to Markus Deibel's discussion 'Getting paid for becoming certified?'

Hi Markus, I don't know if you've made the decision or not yet - but it sounds like your boss might be willing to send you to another training course instead. I would take that choice, personally. I ended up doing the ISEB Foundation cert by accid…

May 16

Linda Wilkinson replied to Markus Deibel's discussion 'Getting paid for becoming certified?'

You might want to be a bit careful using a certification to nab a client, unless you actually adhere to and produce the deliverables associated with the certification body's best practices. Do you think what your company does fits into the standard…

May 11

Chad Patrick replied to Markus Deibel's discussion 'Getting paid for becoming certified?'

If my boss or a client said, I'm looking to pay someone $150,000/yr to wear a shirt that says, "I am a good tester" 8 hours a day, I would probably do that. In fact, that would take less effort than trying to convince them that wearing a t-shirt doe…

May 11

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At 9:48am on January 20, 2010, Rosie Sherry said…: Hi Markus.

Welcome and nice to see you have just started a blog. I have added it to our Testers Feeds which can be found at http://feeds.softwaretestingclub.com and in the right hand column of the main site.

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