Kostiantyn Teltov

Kostiantyn Teltov is a speaker at the webinar Automation for Everyone. Playwright , which will take place on March 13, 2024, and a teacher of the author's course Automation from Scratch. Basic C#, WebDriver, Rest Assured .

Tell us how you got into IT and why you chose this particular field?

I used to work as a manager at a movie theater, but when I got fed up with it, a friend of mine who worked as a tester at an IT company told me they were hiring. He gave me a textbook, I prepared for the interview for a month, but failed it.

I already had good English at that time, so I decided to try again. I prepared and passed the technical interview. Therefore, I believe that you should not be afraid to go to interviews and gain experience.

The first years of working in this field were difficult for me without a basic background. But when I started working in automation, I started to like it. And I realized that I am a real IT specialist.

How did you become a speaker?

I have been a speaker several times. I have a friend who created the Kyiv Testers Meetup, I often visited them and taught there several times. One of my webinars was online when the pandemic started. In addition, I have experience in training a team of automation testers.

What does teaching give you? What are the benefits of it?

I don't actually make any money from it. I even write articles, I really enjoy it now.

I used to think I wasn't ready to give anything to the world, so I didn't even try. But when I reached a certain point in my career, I realized that I could share knowledge that would benefit people. And that's very important to me.

At the beginning you said that English helped you get a job. Tell me about your English.

Now I speak English very well. I think you know the language well if you can joke in it. When you talk to customers from the States or Australia, you understand their humor, you can support them in the conversation, and when you joke, they will smile. Back in the 90s, I played video games, they were all in English at that time. I took a dictionary and translated what they were saying.

I believe that English in IT is a must-have. So learn English!

Why did you choose automation?

When I was already a QA Lead in a manual project, I realized that I needed to move somewhere. Between PM and automation, I chose the latter. And I really like it. I will talk about this in the webinar: Automation: where to start this path

Tell us more about the webinar, who should attend it, what knowledge and skills will the participants gain from this session?

This is a webinar about the journey from QA manual to QA Automation. I want to show that it is possible and not as difficult as people think, but you have to do something for it.

+ Those who are now afraid, as I once was;

+ those who are not afraid, but don't know where to start;

+ those who are just starting out.

The main message of my webinar is that you can do it, and you should do it if you really want it.

We will also work with two projects in class so that students can try writing them and understand that it is not that difficult.

Do you have any other hobbies besides work?

Before the war, I really liked running. I am a former football player, I had a serious injury and, unfortunately, I was unable to return to football.

Now I like to write articles, some test projects on github, I'm starting to write packages that will help testers. I was also interested in developing computer games, namely studying the Unity engine. And I have a dream to return to that and make at least indie games for myself.

What else do you dream about?

About victory. We can build everything else ourselves, the main thing is to have a plan.