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Subodh Pushpak

Solutions Architect

GrapeCity

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Could you tell us briefly about your family background?

My father is a retd DRDO scientist and i am youngest among three brothers. I have a 2 year old kid and my wife is an IT Engineer and works from home

Changes in the industry

From mere testing(evaluating the actual results to expected outcomes) the QA has now matured to a point where the responsibility of the whole product- be it the user experience; be it the business workflow validation; everything lies on shoulders of QA

Essential Advice

Testing requires acumen and its an art in itself. Conventionally, most people think that testing is about searching for loopholes; rather start off with thinking on how to improve the product / make it better.

Required Reading

There are just too many. One to start off with and should always be with you is:

Software Engineering - A Practitioner's Approach

A Fine Balance:

Establish and follow processes closely. Keep improving the processes. identify key team players and delegate wisely. Do not do micro-management.

Areas for the Future

Automation testing. Tools and certifications.
Domain knowledge of a specific industry is a big plus point.

Most Important Lessons

Team work is very important. Always keep updated with latest trends / technologies. Love what you do and give our best.

Role Model

J D Meier. His thoughts / books are always very interesting and positive; while being simple enough to implement. Follow him at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jmeier/

Points of inflection

I started off with large sized organizations and then switched off to small sized start-ups as it provided more room for growth along with challenges.
Also, i switched from service based organizations to product based organizations.

Tech trends to watch out for

Automation is in. Knowledge of tools coupled with basic programming skills and hands-on scripting language like Ruby / JavaScript may take you places.

Currently working at

I work as a solution architect at correlation research. I primarily look after providing turn key enterprise-grade mobile solutions focusing on IPhone / Ipad / Andriod / WP7. This also includes lots of server side instigation with services. Domain-wise my expertise is in investment / banking.

Most Important Decisions

Switching from service based industry to product based which gave me an opportunity to hon my skills in a certain domain while providing me opportunity to work on diverse technology areas.

Plans for the Future

I want to be a key member of a innovative product which is impacting / improving lives of people.