My Story
So about me. I have had quite a varied work background and started my working career in the UK military. During this time I was deployed on operations and gained many life skills and experiences that have benefited me for years to come. After leaving the military I worked in numerous jobs from driving trucks to working on luxury holiday homes.
In 2014 I started making simple websites for friends. After looking further into this vast world I became very interested in software development and processes involved in the SDLC. It was at this stage when I decided to retrain as a manual software tester. This led me to embarking on the ISTQB foundation certificate that I passed and soon after acquired my first role. After settling into my new role I became more and more interested in automated testing and programming in general. This kick started my Open University studies in Software Development. Soon after starting this I became a Senior Technical Test Engineer. After sometime in this role, I acquired a new role as a SDET for a company that made online games. I continued in this role for sometime learning new skills until I was given an opportunity to become a Development Team Lead. This involved running a cross functional agile team of Developers, Testers, Artists and managing the work flow while maintaining a strong skill set to implement technical work.
The next steps for my progression is to learning and working in the world of ethical hacking and penetration testing. I am active on Bug Bounty platforms and continue to study and learn new skills in this niche subject. I currently work as a SDET for a UK based company. Coming back to this role has allowed me more hands on coding and being part of the development team creating and maintaining robust test frameworks accross the teams.
In my spare time I like to keep fit and enjoy running and gym workouts. I like to play golf and cricket when I can and enjoy the great outdoors. Other hobbies include gaming and DIY projects when time allows.
