Which of these certifications is important to you when hiring a software tester? Choose all that apply.

Engineering Talent Management & Performance Technical Product Management +5 more

Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST)34%

Certified Software Tester (CSTE)48%

ISTQB Foundation Level24%

ISTQB Agile Tester23%

Certification in a specific automation tool (i.e. Selenium, Ranorex)22%

Other certification6%

None12%

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Senior Information Security Manager in Software, 501 - 1,000 employees

When I was at E&Y, when the partner was asked if we had CISSP certification, he replied “no, but focus on their experience”. After we all got certified, he started replying: “yes, but focus on their experience”.

The IT industry love certs. But what counts is experience.

Founder & Technical Coach in IT Services, 2 - 10 employees

I would evaluate a tester based on logical thinking. Given some requirements, how well can they derive various scenarios and combinations?

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Do you agree with the following statement? I have implemented new systems or technologies to compensate for hiring challenges at my organization this year.

People & Leadership Process Management Availability & Capacity Management +1 more

Strongly Agree8%

Agree66%

Neither Agree nor Disagree15%

Disagree8%

Strongly Disagree1%

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Are you happy in your current role?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

Yes72%

No13%

Unsure14%

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What is your primary goal in adopting generative AI for software engineering? Are you using it for coding, productivity or something else?

Engineering Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Director of IT in Education, 10,001+ employees

Learning, Pseudocode, Code completion, quick answers

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How often are you now using AI tools to increase your productivity? Never? Every day? And what tools would you recommend and why?

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CEO in Services (non-Government), Self-employed

Using AI tools 2-3 a week. Use cases:
-summaries of content
-slide outlines
-abstracts
-citations.
-Beauti.Ai for slide preparation
-Chat GPT 4
-Styluschat

Why would the founders of a startup would decide on small things such as UI/UX instead of letting the guys ah Product do it? Which are by the way more experienced than them.

Technical Product Management

Director of Data in Healthcare and Biotech, 10,001+ employees

The scenario you've depicted is quite specific, and it's conceivable that there could be a multitude of underlying reasons. Nonetheless, the crux of your inquiry remains valid; ideally, if the UI/UX professionals ...read more

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