Yes! In fact every studio I have ever worked for had at least a few female testers at one point or another. My current team, had 3 for awhile, now we have 2.

I can neither confirm, nor deny these accusations. :P

I have never worked there, but have not heard any good things about it from people that have.

First I think it depends entirely on your personal attitude. I can easily come into work everyday acting like I have it worse than starving kids in Nigeria, but the truth is I'm really fortunate. I get to work in an industry I love already. I worked my way up the ladder a few times, but ultimately, I'm just glad to…

I really like Jira. But really I've never had any problems with any database I've used. I just think Jira is super streamlined and easy to navigate.

I was in 3rd Party for a year around 2002/3

That is entirely possible, and probable haha

Yes, and soon.

Grandma's Boy is about as far from reality as you can get in regards to QA Testing.

The best developers I find come from a QA background (as do the best producers), because if you've been there, you understand the job, and you know what your team needs from you. But in general, developers that openly and clearly communicate with their testers are a highly valuable commodity for a testing team. Not…

Well I've only worked for one mobile dev thus far, and we make a pretty hugely popular casual game. Our QA team (between two projects) is currently at five testers with two leads. But I'm pretty sure we're going to be staffing up even more soon.

I'd guess it just depends on what the mobile app is, and how complex it is.

I make the mistake of explaining all the things they got wrong. I should just start saying "yeah". Would save some time haha.

I am so jealous. Believe me, I have openly and verbally let my teams know that I would like to transition into Production, or Design. I have never had the fortune to be at a studio when one of those positions opened up though. Consider yourself extremely fortunate, because it is VERY rare to move out of QA in less…

If you check out the article linked in the original post, I think you'll find a lot of answers there.

You have to understand Zynga (at the time I was there), had over 3,000 employees (NOT including temp workers which also numbered in the 1,000's). Those 3,000 people were spread out across 20+ teams. Each team managed by completely different people with completely different personalities. As you can imagine, that makes…

That's probably a pretty good sign, you may get an offer. As long as you don't have anyone dissing you (which I believe is illegal for former employers to do anyways), I'd be pretty confident you can expect a call back soon.

You don't need any experience or advanced education. You just need to get into an interview with a temp agency, and they will walk you through the rest. I highly recommend reading my article linked in the original post, it will give you a good idea of what to expect and how to prepare for working in QA.

Thanks for sharing your feelings on the matter. I'm sure all of the other QA peeps reading this article appreciate it too! :D

It really depends on where you live. Some places just don't have game developers, or places where you can do gaming QA. Most major metropolises have some form of gaming QA though.

And yes, you can get a job in QA with no experience or advanced education.

All of my experience was earned on the job. That's one of the nicer things about just "getting in the door" in this industry. You can do it with no education (beyond the required HS Diploma), but having an education will help greatly when you want to make a jump out of QA and into another field.