Speaker A
My name is Jennifer Wu, and I'm a test engineer.
Meet Google test engineers who ensure software quality, develop testing tech, and foster an inclusive, risk-taking culture.
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Key Takeaways
- Test engineers play a crucial role in ensuring software and system quality.
- Automation is key to reducing manual testing and improving efficiency.
- Understanding user scale is vital to risk identification and mitigation.
- Google fosters an inclusive culture that encourages risk-taking and innovation.
- Fast development cycles enable quick user feedback and iteration.
What the video covers
- Jennifer Wu and Albert introduce themselves as test engineers at Google.
- Test engineers are responsible for the quality of both software and system release processes.
- Their role involves identifying ways software can break and preventing those issues.
- Jennifer has worked on UI testing for VR apps like YouTube VR and Street View VR.
- They aim to increase automated test coverage and reduce manual testing.
- They consider the scale of millions or billions of users to identify potential risks.
- Google test engineers develop new testing technologies that can be used globally.
- The development cycle is fast, with code reaching users within two weeks.
- Google’s culture is inclusive, encouraging employees to take risks and challenge the status quo.
- Employees are supported to not fear failure and to innovate continuously.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction of Test Engineers
- 00:19Role and Responsibilities of Test Engineers
- 00:44Testing VR Applications and Automation Goals
- 01:07Handling Scale and Risk Identification
- 01:17Developing New Testing Technologies
- 01:25Fast Development and User Deployment
- 01:31Google’s Inclusive and Risk-Taking Culture
Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown
Speaker A
I'm Albert, and I'm a test engineer.
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A test engineer is responsible for the quality, and not just the quality of the software but the quality of the system in the way that it releases.
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We just want to help the team find ways that the software can break and come up with things that we can do on a regular basis to prevent those things from happening.
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I've worked on basically UI testing for VR apps, YouTube VR, Street View VR. As a test engineer, I want to enable developers to write more automated test coverage.
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There's a lot of manual testing, and we want to build up an infrastructure that reduces that manual testing.
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Millions, billions of people might be using our software, so it's important for us to understand that scale and make sure that we identify the risks that could happen when we have that much usage.
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As a Google test engineer, I have the opportunity to develop new testing technology that can be adopted by the rest of the world.
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Things move really fast. You write some code, and then two weeks later users will actually be using it.
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The culture was one of the most attractive things about working at Google. We generally have a very inclusive approach.
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We want our employees to feel free to take risks. We want them to be able to challenge the status quo, challenge our superiors, and not be afraid to take risks, not be afraid to fail.
Topics:Googletest engineersoftware qualityautomated testingmanual testingVR appsYouTube VRStreet View VRsoftware testinginclusive culture
