Journey from Testing into Software Development
Hello, Dear Reader! Settle in for a long one this time. I would like to write about my journey from being a Tester back in 2004 to being a software engineer today ( 2024 ). A mere 20 year long journey. I’m going to write down how I got this far, what it took, the sacrifices, fears, doubts and all the things in between. Let’s get started. The early days Around 2002, I became a student for a two year long certificate study for a position called Software Programmer. It was a paid course. My mother paid for the two years, it was the cheapest options at that time in Hungary. The school, SZAMALK, was 80km from where I lived, so I had to travel everyday. The bus ride took about 1.5 hours that I mostly managed to sleep through. Then school until 2pm-ish and then travel back home. Another 1.5 hours. I woke up at 5AM to get to school on time. It was quite rough. I mostly slept through my classes. ...