Engineering is the career up for discussion on today's podcast! Tune in to discuss the journey of an #Amazon & #Audible Director. Learn about working at Amazon, working at Audible, a career in Quality Assurance Engineering, and much more only on #TheCareerShow. Discover the Journey of a QA Engineer and find your QA Engineering passion by listening to the best Engineering Podcast on YouTube!

Tanya started off her journey at leading investment banks, i.e, UBS & Morgan Stanley as an automation engineer. She currently is a Senior Director of Quality Assurance at Audible, an Amazon company and is helping to build a new Quality Assurance team to support innovative product development at scale. She is also the founder of the DevOps – Quality Assurance New Jersey Meetup group, a co-lead of Women in Tech employee resource group at Audible and an international speaker on the topics of Quality and DevOps.

TANYA's BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS :

1. “The Phoenix Project” by Gene Kim - AUDIBLE - https://amzn.to/3gkY16j OR Hard Cover - https://amzn.to/2L60sxR

2. "How to Land that Engineering Job at Audible" - https://bit.ly/2InkEdB

3. “Cracking the Coding Interview” by Gayle Laakmann McDowell - https://amzn.to/3gqxGUu

4. “Lessons Learned in Software Testing” by Cem Kaner, James Bach & Bret Pettichord - https://amzn.to/3oxGI4C

TANYA's LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyakravtsov/

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1. Introduction: (0:00)
2. Role of Technology in Investment Banking: (2:21)
3. QA Engineering in the Tech Industry V/S Finance Industry: (4:10)
4. Customer Obsession at Audible & Amazon: (6:16)
5. What is it like to work at Amazon & Audible?: (9:03)
6. Career Trajectory at Amazon & Audible: (13:08)
7. Biggest Challenge of being a QA Engineer at Amazon & Audible?: (18:26)
8. 'Got Career Questions' in partnership with Sizigi: (22:13)
9. Automation Testing & Manual Test at Amazon & Audible: (22:38)
10. What teams does a QA Engineer work with?: (23:59)
11. Tips to ace an Amazon & Audible interview: (26:15)
12. Book Recommendations for Amazon & Audible interviews: (29:23)
13. How to deal with a fast-paced work environment?: (30:42)
14. Important advice to note!: (32:43)
15. Conclusion: (35:20)

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