Quiting is not an Option

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It's OK to Fail, but never OK to quit!

I remember wailing after I failed an interview that I held very dear in my early days of QA practice (I cried alot in this season)

It was my 2nd interview at that time, and I felt really giddy about it. I cried after the interview for different reasons: 

✅️ I felt embarrassed because I couldn't respond correctly to a number of questions I was asked.

✅️ I was overwhelmed seeing the fact that I didn't know as much as I should have known before the interview.

✅️ I was overwhelmed about the idea that I needed to find answers to questions I was asked before I could get started in my career properly.

✅️ I felt worse after the interviewer told me I hadn't started my journey at all, based on the responses I gave.

I struggled with all these for a while until I prayed about it then subsequently stumbled on a content that someone I respect in the space posted about having a “Folder of Failures,” where they saved all their rejected interview emails. 

That changed my perspective completely. That did three things for me.

It made me realize that : 

✅️ Failure is part of sucess, just make sure you're failing forward.

✅️ The best of us became the best by trying over and over again.

✅️ Those failures are "scars" and they'll be part of the success story.

Reminds me of a line from a favorite song "The number of my scars, are the numbers of my victory"!

Once again, it's OK to Fail, but never OK to Quit.

Cheers to an amazing week of Failing Foward 🥂🥂

#QAEngineer #Softwaretesting #PamilerinFanawopo #Success

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