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I mean, attention to detail is my job. Look at invoices, classify stuff in the tariff schedule accurately to ensure correct duty, remember which of a half dozen

I mean, attention to detail is my job. Look at invoices, classify stuff in the tariff schedule accurately to ensure correct duty, remember which of a half dozen or so other government agencies might apply, look for any free trade/special program indicators, is it sold or not sold, etc., enter every value and quantity correctly... QA added to a notecard.

forgotmypw17 5y ago
You would probably be a shoo-in for a QA job. Here is a page you would want to dig into as a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing Please reach out to me if you're interested in learning more. I've had a lot of good results in this field, and have also helped/mentored several other people to break into the field.
- ryanmercer 5y ago
  Yeah, that definitely sounds like something that I may be equipped to do, especially black-box. black-box is even analogous to how I first got online at home in 1995, here's a disk from the ISP now figure out setting it up and actually using eudora/mirc/etc where I literally just tried every option to see what the software would do while trying to figure out what it was for/why it did not produce the desired result.
_tom_ 5y ago
He's right. No one wants to do manual QA and it sounds a lot like your current job. It could be a good stepping stone.
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  Yeah, I think it's an amazing niche. Personally, I enjoyed it way more than programming as a job. Not nearly as stressful, the pay is still pretty good, and most of the time I could forget about it off-hours. And the required skills are basically being able to follow directions and describe what you did in detail when bug.