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Manish Kumar

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Manish Kumar

Practice Lead - Testing

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Family Background

I live with my wife and 2 daughters in Bangalore.
My father is a retired professor of Chemistry and my mother is a house wife .I am the youngest of 4 siblings.My sister is the eldest and she is a home maker.The eldest brother a retired colonel from Army, the second brother is an Income Tax Officer.

Reference for Upcoming Professionals

Specification by Example, Fit for Delivering software, Lessons learned in Testing, TestNG, exploratory testing book, security testing cook book, Agile testing.
Blogs of James Bach, Scott Barber, Martin Fowler, Naresh Jain, Gojko, Brian Marick,Mike Kohn.
"All Pairs","PICT"
"Goal" & "Wisdom Of tea

Additional Certifications

Not a huge believer in certifications, I don’t have one

A person with lack of integrity

My Vision

I don’t plan for far too long in future. However, I would like to see as myself an influential leader who helps in making testing as a first class citizen by improving the way its practiced and generating far more value for software teams and organizations.

Nominee for Top 10 QA Professionals (Bengaluru)

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Opportunity to start your Career again

I don’t think I would like to change much.I had a wonderful career of evolutionary learning.

Future of QA

Bringing in change in the life of a generation testers and software teams by bringing in refreshing changes that align with today’s business.

Contribution to the field

Work- as money is a by product of what you do.

Challenges with QA domain

Yes, I have worked overtime but not by design.Most of the times,it was in response to external factors that you can’t control.Offcourse, there is no pride in working unplanned hours.Some learnings- a tired workforce creates mistake, extended working hours demotivates the team & affects future plans.

The Big Question

I think success is a relative word.I am able to overcome many hurdles.However there is a mountain to climb.The problem with success is the moment you overcome certain challenge you will be presented with a new one.

The Most Important Game

Its hard to think of a situation where I am not a team player. Agile works on self organizing team and collaboration to overcome most of the challenges.

Changes in professional environment

I didn't become a technology professional by design, it just happened to me.

How improved your Knowladge

I make sure that I spend enough time reading and researching to find the advancement in QA field. Find opportunities to network with QA professionals at all level. I try finding opportunities to do some hands on work. Find time to experiment and work with various interest groups etc