Comments on: Where’s the Career Path?

By: gary wong

gary wong — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:44:10 +0000

from what i have read of the above comments its very very true.
maybe we should employ what the industry standards are. get istqb/iseb. have teaching course on how to write prepare correct test plans/defect reports. ONly then is when i feel qa in game will mean Qaulity.
my exp in games have left me with a bad taste. no training, yet full accounterbility when things go tits up.

By: pure_orange

pure_orange — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:33:42 +0000

I think this is partly our own fault though. Game QA does not have a unified approach or standard, so the quality of QA at different companies varies immensely. Many QA Managers hire complete idiots to test (espeically publishers) and thus developers get used to not taking us seriously.

If you’re a QA Manager, it’s your job to make sure your department is taken seriously and seen as a talent pool, which can be done with good hiring and training. Due to the nature of the job, testers often don’t have time to do much outside of work, so again, we should ensure they have a have a good work/life balance and encourage them to learn on their own (personal projects, courses, etc).

I’m working on an MMO at the moment, so it’s easier to keep testers and help them progress. Since console development usually ends when you ship, there’s not much we can do (shipping bonuses are good as they give testers some time to do their own thing before having to find another job).

qa manager

By: pligg.com

pligg.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:27:21 +0000

Game QA Blog…

I have witnessed the truth of that in my career as a game tester – truly each and every company I have worked for or with had its own approach to testing….

By: scott

scott — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:34:08 +0000

Personally, I think management is just that bad. Gaming for a living is many a dreamer of young men and women that will work for pennies hence there will always be plenty of 1st level workers. The top should care about the bottom but that rarely happens.

By: ckreitz

ckreitz — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:28:39 +0000

Really nice ideas ! I’ll try to use them for my QA Team as it’s not always easy to give opportunities to those who deserve one !!!

cyrille k / qa manager somewhere in France