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Hello, I'm Cvetelin Stoimenov, currently embarked on a thrilling journey in Automation QA at SoftUni. 🚀

Courses Completed:

1. Agile Essentials with Scrum - February 2023:

   • Started on Feb 8, 2023, and completed with the exam on Mar 18, 2023.
   • Explored the fundamental values and principles of Agile methodology and its practical application in software development. 🌐
   • Examined different methodologies and their application, with a focus on the Scrum framework.
   • Learned about roles, phases, and events in Scrum for building stable and successful teams.
   • Acquired skills in using basic techniques for complexity assessment and prioritization. 💡
   • Explored ways to measure key parameters of Agile teams.

2. Agile Advanced with Scrum - March 2023:

   • Started on Mar 22, 2023, and completed with the exam on Apr 25, 2023.
   • Deepened knowledge of Agile methodology and Scrum framework.
   • Detailed understanding of team roles and responsibilities and internal and external interactions.
   • Explored various methods for progress and product assessment by a Scrum team.
   • Gained insights into risk assessment and management for maximum team efficiency.
   • Focused on the practical application of Agile tools widely used today. 🛠️

3. Software Technologies - May 2023:

   • Started on May 9, 2023, and completed with the exam on June 25, 2023.
   • Explored various aspects of the software industry. 💻
   • Covered software and hardware components of a computer system.
   • Learned about different operating systems (Windows, Linux), networks, and protocols (HTTP, SMTP, IMAP).
   • Introduced to programming languages, software architectures, and basic relational and non-relational databases.
   • Worked with project management tools. 📊

4. QA Fundamentals and Manual Testing - June 2023:

   • Started on June 27, 2023, and completed with the exam on August 12, 2023.
   • Explored fundamental concepts of Software Quality Assurance (QA). 🕵️‍♂️
   • Learned defect identification through proper input data and user experience testing.
   • Practiced various testing approaches and assessed when to use each.
   • Explored testing characteristics related to performance, security, compatibility, and more.
   • Examined different techniques and tools for manual testing of entire projects.

5. Programming Fundamentals and Unit Testing - September 2023:

   • Started on September 11, 2023, and completed the online exam on November 5, 2023.
   • Explored fundamental programming concepts as a foundation for automated testing. 🧪
   • Upgraded knowledge from the QA Fundamentals (Manual) module and began learning basic coding skills, working with IDEs, using variables and data, operators and expressions, console input/output, conditional constructs (if, if-else), loops (for, while, do-while), and unit testing.
   • Studied basic programming structures such as arrays and lists.
   • Gained an understanding of upcoming professional modules and knowledge to become successful professionals in automated software testing.

Skills Acquired:

• 🌐 Accessing and working with remote resources.
• 💻 Recognizing hardware and software components in a computer system.
• 🖥️ Working with various operating systems.
• 📝 Basic proficiency in different programming languages.
• 📊 Project management using various tools.
• 📂 Handling relational and non-relational databases.
• 🕵️‍♂️ Software testing techniques: black box, white box, regression. 🧪
• 🐛 Working with defect tracking systems.
• 🌐 Manual testing of software projects.
• 📜 Testing web-based systems.
• 💽 Working with software requirements specifications.
• 📬 Skills in working with relational databases.
• 📬 Executing HTTP requests with Postman.
• 🧪 Unit Testing (Component Testing).
• 🚀 Using standard functionality of programming languages.
• 📊 Working with linear data structures.
• 📞 Declaring and invoking methods.
• 🎓 Understanding fundamental concepts of automated testing.

Certifications:

1. Agile Essentials with Scrum Certificate 🚀
2. Agile Advanced with Scrum Certificate 🚀
3. Software Technologies Certificate 💻
4. QA Fundamentals and Manual Testing Certificate 🕵️‍♂️
5. Programming Fundamentals and Unit Testing Certificate 🧪

Next Steps:

Currently advancing my skills in Automation Quality Assurance at SoftUni. Stay tuned for more updates on my learning journey! 🌟