With Marilia Sousa, QA Engineer

What inspired your career in tech?
Curiosity. I have always been curious to understand how things work, how they are built, and how a lot of words on a screen can be transformed into amazing features on the user's screen!

What’s one part of QA that you wish more people understood or appreciated?
We don't like opening bugs, but this is necessary to deliver a higher-quality product.

How do you stay current on the latest QA trends and tools?
The internet has many communities that share knowledge. I like to search questions in Stack Overflow. For new technologies that involve the QA area, there is a website, Test Automation University (TAU), where we can find good, free courses.

What's one piece of advice you would give to others looking to work in tech?
Train your soft skills! People think that working in tech will involve only machines, but you will need to deal with people more than machines!

What’s a recent innovation or feature you’ve contributed to that you’re particularly proud of?
Implementing the Agile Methodology, participating in the first planning meeting, and seeing this growth is awesome. It's nice to see all the team members helping each other achieve the sprint goal!

What's the most rewarding part of your job at ShowSeeker?
People! I feel welcomed by everyone here, and I learn a lot every day from people who do an amazing job and share knowledge!

If you could have any superpower to help you at work, what would it be?
The superpower of not letting bugs reach Production!!

If your job or career had a soundtrack - what song would it be and why?
I think it could be "Circles" from Post Malone. When he says, "I'll be the bad guy now, but no, I ain't too proud," when I need to return cards or open bugs, haha!

Marilia’s Favorites:

Song: Golden by Harry Stiles
Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dream travel destination: Machu Picchu, Peru
Book: Dom Casmurro - Machado de Assis
Hobbies outside work: CrossFit, walking with my dog, playing silly games on my cellphone