Hunting New Job Preparation

In 2014, I need to change my role from a SDET into Dev or to be a better SDET. Current job and work environment cannot provide enough passion to continue. The ideal work environment for me is where I can develop software or do automation with colleagues, and we are a team we can cooperate not work alone. In order to achieve this dream I have a lot things to do.  Following are technology and habit I need to change and study from now on:

 English

 1. Go through documents before working at Microsoft.

 2. Read and Listen more English materials.

 3. Write articles to recode learn process by English.

 

Develop Technology

 1. Read Technology Books and articles by experts.

 2. Go through Framework Code and documents seriously.

 3. Write more code as possible as I can. Analyses others good code.

 4. More discussion with others to expand technology view and mind.

 5. Learn develop software basic knowledge including Language, Database, Data structure, Design mode and so on.

 

Testing Technology

 1. Review Testing concept and knowledge including term, Framework, Tools and Testing platform.

 2. Go through one note recoded before at Microsoft.

 3. Read excellent testing code and framework.

 4. Try to use automation testing tools and IDE to learn new testing technology.

 

Framework

 1. Learn more about Testing technology framework such as automation testing framework: XACC, Coded UI, Mita, UIA and so on.

 2. Lean more about developing Framework such as how to handle Data including ADO, Entity Framework, MSAA, Linq, NHibernate and so on.

 3. Software develop framework including MVC, MVVM and so on.

 

Interview Skills

 1. Read interview skills book and articles from forum and blogs.

 2. Self-examination such as technology, work attitude, self-advantage and disadvantage.

 3. Prepare interview materials including  resume(both EN and CN), company introduction, and matters needing attention.

 

This article was wroten in 2014.2.15, now one and half an year passed by. Read this article again, it makes me relized that I have not draw up new plan to learn to improve myself.
And for my new job, I found I didn't like it either. But I should not give up to learn from my current job and hunting new job. Every one have difficult time on job and they should not via change job to void and solve problems. So it's time to consider how to resolve my current problem to improve my English communication and improve my learning initiative.