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Basically means no one has even sorted out a desk/PC yet and you'll be expected to spend the first couple of weeks reading out-of-date or irrelevant specs. whilst occassionally searching for the nearest loo, coffee machine or somewhere to smoke a cigarette.
Must have 5 years experience on a product that only has been available on the market for 2 months.
When advertising for testers, people tend to specify that they want experience in a particular version of a particular RDBMS or development tool. I have no idea why this is necessary. If a tester can write SQL statements he can test a relational database, whether it's got DB2, Oracle or MS SQL Server written on the box. Same for testing app made with various development tools. This comes from clientcos basically misunderstanding the whole aim of testing; you tell me what you want the app to do and I find out if it does that. What I'll also do is find out whether it does stuff you don't want it to do, like crashing any connected apps or using too many system resources. FFS I don't need to know the difference between Oracle 9i or 10g to do that, and indeed a certain degree of 'educated ignorance' can actually be an advantage for a tester when it's combined with a healthy dose of skepticism.
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014
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