cover_image: https://images.pexels.com/photos/408503/pexels-photo-408503.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940 Photo by slon_dot_pics from Pexels Learning on your own is fun: you have the option to chase a concept until you are satisfied that you fully understand the concept, to the level you need it. But that is also the downside: as a tester, you have few public sites that offer a series of exercises to ensure that you can build that mental list of conditions that you need to ensure are covered in a testing situation. I am slightly envious of my developer friends: they have established problem sets that they can use to upgrade their skills, and assist in learning the tricks of their particular programming language. The sites are set up to allow both individual learning and competition as an individual, or as a group. This, for many people, is a great incentive to do these ...
The short-post ramblings of a 'sandwich generation' person who is trying to make a second career around her child and parent (and is financially dependent on them). The posts will be short: simply due to time constraints.