A QA engineer with strong computer science fundamentals, Selenium experience, and Cypress experience was nearly screened out because he didn’t have one keyword on his resume: Playwright. The interesting part? After completing a Playwright assessment, he performed well anyway. That…
During the live discussion, a lot of the conversation moved beyond resume basics and into how recruiting actually works behind the scenes. These are the most common follow-up questions I got, along with additional context I wanted to expand on.…
(What’s actually happening when your resume hits the system) A Discussion Hosted By: QA Nexus The job search right now is not just competitive: it’s noisy. And in a lot of cases, what used to work even a few years…
There’s a difference between being good at your job and being good at managing people I’ve worked with a lot of talented managers. Smart people. Operationally sharp. Great with clients. Great under pressure. But some of them had absolutely no…
A beginner’s journey from a 500-line Program.cs to cleaner, separated code.This comes from my learnings so far and sharing what’s starting to click as I build The Enchanted Garden, a cozy C# game to learn object-oriented programming The Problem: Program.cs…
Why cutting QA right now is backwardsInsights from the field: a conversation with Lucas Smit, AI Forward SDET Over the past few months, I’ve been hearing the same patterns across the QA market: layoffs, impossible reqs, and a growing belief…
Most outbound automation projects fail before implementation ever begins Not because the tools are bad. Not because AI doesn’t work. But because companies often skip the harder questions: Too many teams jump straight into platform selection before validating the economics,…
I recently spoke with a local engineering director at a financial services firm who’s been exploring the market. Not aggressively applying everywhere. Just testing the waters for a senior leadership move he had been targeting. At first glance, everything looked…
I’m seeing a lot of QA automation engineers get filtered out simply because they don’t have direct Playwright experience, even when they have strong Selenium or Cypress backgrounds. Depending on the actual business need, companies may be overlooking highly capable…
An example of modern AI system design in the Charlotte, NC market. AI Forge is a multi-tenant AI platform where each organization operates in a fully isolated environment with its own data, workflows, and execution layer. In this context, “client”…
