QA vs. iOS Dev: A Siblings Tale of Two Tech Careers

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1. QA vs iOS DEV: A Siblings tale of two tech careers Eleni Papanikolopoulou Senior iOS Developer @Skroutz Konstantza Papanikolopoulou Senior QA Engineer @Workable
2. • Journey until university • Master degree selection • Job positions • QA versus iOS developer job • Next steps • Other Career Paths in Tech
3. Journey through university • Same school • Same university bachelor degree • Different major • Diploma Thesis
4. Master degree selection • Both made multiple applications in both 🇬🇷 and 🇬🇧 universities • Konstantza -> Information Systems in Athens University of Economics and Business • Eleni -> Advanced Computer Science at University of Manchester
5. Job Positions 1. Research Now - Web Developer 2. Sieben - Web / iOS Developer 3. Globo - iOS Developer 4. Workable - Senior iOS Developer 5. Skroutz - Senior iOS Developer 1. ITYE Diophantus - Web Developer 2. Citrix - QA Engineer 3. Workable - Senior QA Engineer Eleni Konstantza
6. Same school Electrical & Computer Engineering Eleni Konstantza H/Y Telecommunications Advanced Computer Science @Manchester Information Systems @AUEB Web Developer @Research Now PHP Developer @ITYE iOS Developer @Sieben QA Engineer @Citrix iOS Developer @Workable QA Engineer @Workable Senior OS Developer @Skroutz Senior QA Engineer @Workable School Bachelor Uni Major Masters First Job Second Job Third Job Present Job
7. QA vs iOS developer Testing (manual, automation) Test Plans Bugs ( fi nding/verifying) Con fi guring staging environments Feature implementation Bug solving Unit testing Releasing Coding/Refactoring PR reviews Meetings People Management CI/CD QA Developer
9. Manager track versus IC track
10. Why not apply to a FAANG company?
11. Personal growth • Online trainings (Udemy/Coursera etc) • Side projects • Open source • Blog posts (medium etc) • Conferences
12. Conferences Spain Italy New York Singapore Denver / US Minsk Budapest Spain Athens
13. So which one is the better career path?
14. Other Career Paths in Tech Coding Roles FE or BE developer Full Stack developer Data Scientist or Analyst Cyber security etc. Non Coding Roles UI/UX Design Project or Product Manager Agile Coach Delivery Manager etc.
15. Thank you!